Re: Wrongful Termination?

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On 1/26/04, brontosaurus wrote:
> I disagree. I believe your termination will be supported and
> the journal you kept was on company property (the computer)
> therefore, all data stored therein was property of the company,
> which includes your entries.
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> On 10/23/03, a girl wrote:
>>> All I want to know is, were my first amendment rights
>>> violated here? Does my online journal fall into something
>>> of freedom of speech and expression? I just want to get a
>>> little info before I end up doing anything else.
>>
>> I think most definitely your rights were violated.
>> Unfortunately, the work force has ways of bending the truth
>> to make it appear people were terminated for reasons other
>> than the real reason.
>>
>> Of course they have not right to terminate you for your
>> opinion. Your beliefs, religious system, opinion, and
>> expression of such are all protected by the first
>> amendment. But corporations wouldn't be what they are if
>> they couldn't prove that they had better reason for
>> termination.
>>
>> By all means, if you think you have a case, pursue it. But
>> be prepared to lose. They will have other reasons for
>> termination by the time the case hits court.

This isn't even a first amendment issue.

Do you have a right to your opinion? Yes. Do you have the right
to post it all over the internet if you so desire? Yessiree Bob.

Does this protect you from termination? No. An employer can
terminate you for anything not related to protected class (race,
religion, sex, and so on). You made a poor choice. It was
absolutely your choice to make. But freedom of speech has
consequences. If I choose to call my boss a name on a public
street, it's my right. It's his right to tell me that I'm not
representing our company in a positive manner and can my butt.

And I wouldn't blame him. Freedom of speech is a right - not an
excuse for bad behavior.

JJay

Re: Wrongful Termination?, 3/16/04, by JJay.

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