Take Gato's property/employer story

Gonz

Gonz

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add a dash of Mr Bishop's thing for homosexual agenda's & a sprinkle in some of Gonz's anti-judiciary remarks & a dob of the RDX/chcr/A13 creationism/eveolution thread and what do you have?

This mess
The judge found that although there was no direct religious discrimination against Mr. Buonanno, AT&T Broadband failed to show it could not have accommodated Mr. Buonanno's beliefs "without undue hardship" to the company he had been with for nearly two years.
Mr. Buonanno objected to language in a new employee handbook issued in January 2001 that said "each person at AT&T Broadband is charged with the responsibility to fully recognize, respect and value the differences among all of us," including sexual orientation. He was fired after refusing to sign a "certificate of understanding" acknowledging that he agreed to the policy.
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Wahington Times
 
looks like what happened was a failure to communicate :shrug:

final paragraph in your source said:

In the ruling, the judge listed several things the company could have done to avoid the situation, such as communicating better, getting more details about Mr. Buonanno's concerns, clarifying what the company intended by the language in question, accepting his pledge not to discriminate, or even rewriting the language to make it less ambiguous.
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so he doesnt sign something that they require and loses his job. whats the problem? why shouldnt he have to sign it?
 
Why should he? He had the job & is a good employee as far as we know.
 
That's pretty fuckin stupid. An employer should have the right to make someone sign that. So the Government steps in again to run the business for them. Wait a sec, isn't that Communism??
 
PuterTutor said:
That's pretty fuckin stupid. An employer should have the right to make someone sign that. So the Government steps in again to run the business for them. Wait a sec, isn't that Communism??
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Why yes, yes it is. Pretty stupid reason to fire a good employee though. It sounds like they didn't make much of an effort. Perhaps he wasn't such a good employee after all? I would have accepted his pledge in their place, but I think they were within their rights.

Edit: Case in point. I'm required to pee in a cup yearly. I feel very strongly that this violates my civil rights, but I do because everyone has to. I lodge a complaint each time. :shrug:
 
Ok, but. Did you know when you got hired that you would have to pee in a cup once a year? Or is this something they thought up after you were hired?
 
I pee in a cup at random intervals. I hate it. I do it because the job doesn't suck & it's the government requirement, not the employers.
 
PuterTutor said:
Ok, but. Did you know when you got hired that you would have to pee in a cup once a year? Or is this something they thought up after you were hired?
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They used to only make drivers do it, but since I occasionally drive a company vehicle...
 
Well, then it was a known requirement for working there. You still have the choice of not working there if you really feel that strongly about peeing in a cup. Just as this guy had the option of not working there if he felt that strongly about homosexuals as to not sign an agreement to not discriminate against them. His word that he wouldn't simply isn't good enough. Your word doesn't stand up in court, the signed agreement probably would.
 
PuterTutor said:
Well, then it was a known requirement for working there. You still have the choice of not working there if you really feel that strongly about peeing in a cup. Just as this guy had the option of not working there if he felt that strongly about homosexuals as to not sign an agreement to not discriminate against them. His word that he wouldn't simply isn't good enough. Your word doesn't stand up in court, the signed agreement probably would.
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Actually, PT, I was agreeing with you. A little understanding on the part of the company might have gone a long way, though. This is why I wonder how good of an employee he really was.
 
When companies get into the league of AT&T everybody, and I do mean everybody, is immediately replaceable. If you're a potential liability, you're gone.
 
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