Posts tagged unjust
Fired! Civil Duty: two different ends of the spectrum
Oct 20th
One fired because he was “too intimidating” (is that a real reason?) and the second because he went over his bosses head. The difference? One received a severance package that will ensure a clean separation, while the other is let loose after nearly three decades of service and is now suing to get his job back.
Keep your employment away from termination
A small Florida town has fired Bill Vance, its Town Manager, because he was too intimidating. The town’s Library Director has told the the town commissioners during a special meeting that she along with other staff members “are being intimidated, being ambushed.” Vance’s firing comes as a result of “such an amount of adverse comments.” Vance was terminated with a six-month severance package.
In New York, a Health and Hospitals Corporation employee has been fired for what he claims to be “unjust reasons”. According to Naren Gupta, his problems began when while serving as a senior management consultant for HHC, he discovered more than $1,000,000 in payments being made to Chase Manhattan Bank without a contract Read the rest of this entry »
Being fat will get you Fired!
Oct 15th
Is it legal? Well according to Ralph Lauren, if it’s in your contract, then it is!
Filippa Hamilton skinned down in Photoshop by Ralph Lauren
Who is Filippa Hamilton? For those of you who don’t know, she’s the Ralph Lauren model who made headlines just weeks ago when an ad with her over-photoshopped body circulated around Asia. Even she was surprised to see herself portrayed so thin, saying, “I was shocked to see that super skinny girl with my face.”
Filippa has now been dismissed by Ralph Lauren because, “…they said I was overweight and I couldn’t fit in their clothes anymore”. When reached for comment, the company published a statement saying, “We consider her an important part of our imaging and branding. We regret that our relationship has ended as a result of her inability to meet the obligations under her contract with us.”
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