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Yeah I'm not US based so I'm talking out of my vacuum, but from what I understand, it makes sense. A couple of days ago there was someone asking about not usin

Yeah I'm not US based so I'm talking out of my vacuum, but from what I understand, it makes sense. A couple of days ago there was someone asking about not using Windows laptop for religious purposes and the answer was that if that was a large hassle for the business, it was okay to say no. Edit: > releasing an employee’s medical information Does saying that X has a disability is a release of medical information, when that's public information in their Twitter profile and runs a business to help others with that disability?

ncr100 4y ago
You know ... it could be that since Haraldur is Iceland based, he doesn't have the same US civil rights. This could amount to No legal action. I haven't researched whether employment rights translate to employees in other countries. Re: releasing otherwise public information: That is a fantastic question. I don't know. I suspect there is a legal case to be made: I think about this as a hypothetical "reasonable person", which is what appears in the courtroom TV shows that I personally have watched. Perhaps obviously, I am not a lawyer, But I do watch TV shows about lawyers <3. 1) A reasonable person might conclude that Musk did not research Harald's Twitter feed but instead merely read his name, after receiving the direct tweet from Harald, and then asked Twitter human resources' database to confirm he was in fact His Twitter employee. 2) Alternatively a reasonable person might conclude that Musk did research Harald's Twitter feed before replying. And so it was okay for Musk to disclose. Again I'm being very approximate. So I think it's possible to make a case and it might be worth the potential legal victory and monetary payout for damages. To reiterate something tangential to your question, I think it is clear that regardless of the disclosure, Musk's thinking around the termination does include Haraldur's disability. That's not right, legally, from what I've read.
- frankreyes 4y ago
  Thanks on your extensive research xd Companies accommodate employees disabilities in order to allow the employee to do their jobs. Elon's argument is that they're not working, even after accomodations. It has nothing to do with the disability. Will it hold in a court of law? Ianal

ncr100 4y ago

You know ... it could be that since Haraldur is Iceland based, he doesn't have the same US civil rights. This could amount to No legal action. I haven't researched whether employment rights translate to employees in other countries. Re: releasing otherwise public information: That is a fantastic question. I don't know. I suspect there is a legal case to be made: I think about this as a hypothetical "reasonable person", which is what appears in the courtroom TV shows that I personally have watched. Perhaps obviously, I am not a lawyer, But I do watch TV shows about lawyers <3. 1) A reasonable person might conclude that Musk did not research Harald's Twitter feed but instead merely read his name, after receiving the direct tweet from Harald, and then asked Twitter human resources' database to confirm he was in fact His Twitter employee. 2) Alternatively a reasonable person might conclude that Musk did research Harald's Twitter feed before replying. And so it was okay for Musk to disclose. Again I'm being very approximate. So I think it's possible to make a case and it might be worth the potential legal victory and monetary payout for damages. To reiterate something tangential to your question, I think it is clear that regardless of the disclosure, Musk's thinking around the termination does include Haraldur's disability. That's not right, legally, from what I've read.

frankreyes 4y ago
Thanks on your extensive research xd Companies accommodate employees disabilities in order to allow the employee to do their jobs. Elon's argument is that they're not working, even after accomodations. It has nothing to do with the disability. Will it hold in a court of law? Ianal