"...can be fired for any reason..." That is why the federal EEOC is overwhelmed with complaints. The first union rep told me to file a complaint with EEOC, as leverage...
It's a sad situation, but it's also important to stand up to these workplace bullies...just we would tell our kids. On 8/20/10, Erika L. Rich <[email protected]> wrote: > > Do you know how many states are "at will" states? > > Means that you can be fired for any reason whatsoever. > > Know how many people have complained to an HR department, and then > subsequently been fired not too long afterward? Even WITH "whistleblower" > laws in effect? > > The number would astound us I assure you. > > > On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Cameron Childress > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Jacob <[email protected]> wrote: >> > HR is there for the company, not the employee. >> >> If you come to HR and tell them someone is harassing you, and they do >> nothing about it, you can sue the crap out of the company. They may >> be employed by the company, but they are not strictly there on the >> company's behalf. They are also advocates of the employees and as >> Hatton said, they are there to enforce compliance with the law as >> well. >> >> I would always go to HR before a union. unless you are reporting an HR >> employee's misbehavior I guess. Even then I would just go above HR to >> someone higher up about it. >> >> -Cameron >> >> ... >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:325653 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
