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It's certainly illegal to fire someone over that opinion, yes.
by transitionality 13y ago
It's certainly illegal to fire someone over that opinion, yes.
- Blahah 13y agoIt depends entirely on his contract - I'd expect most CEOs to have a clause about their conduct causing harm to the organisation. Even if not, it's legal to convince someone to leave, which is what usually happens in public embarrassment cases.
- transitionality 13y agoIt's illegal to discriminate against someone on the basis of their political stance. Nothing you can say will ever change that.
- alexqgb 13y agoIf that were true, no congressperson could ever staff an office. Or a campaign.
- transitionality 13y agoIf a Republican wanted to work for a Democrat, and if he were denied employment for that reason alone, that would be illegal, yes.
- alexqgb 13y agoI don't know where you're getting this idea from, but you really should check your sources. There is a limited prohibition against screening for political affiliations enforced by the Federal government when filling certain civil service positions, but that's about it. For a good summary of what types of discrimination can and cannot trigger legal liability, see here: http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/qanda.html http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/qanda.html
- alexqgb 13y agoNo it's not. Indeed, you run a legal risk in NOT firing such a person given that keeping them around (especially in a senior position) creates a demonstrably hostile work environment.
- transitionality 13y agoUnless you can demonstrate that they acted in a hostile manner towards anyone, you can't fire someone over opinions or speech, no.