Posted by Racer on November 22, 2000, at 0:45:06
In reply to Re: Noa, coral, posted by Adam on November 21, 2000, at 21:51:29
I think you missed Coral's main point: workplace VIOLENCE.
To your girlfriend: Get thee to a Lawyer, lickety split.
This isn't about being sympathetic, it's about physical safety. The lawyer is also probably the best thing you can do for the soon-to-be-ex-employee, as well. If there is a chance at ADA assistance for him, the lawyer can find a way to work it out for the safety of all concerned -- without danger to other employees.
Don't delay, since your girlfriend could be in danger whether she made the decision or not.
Quoting you:
This is no
time to not use vigilance and to preempt any possible legal challenges. I think she is largely if not completely
shielded from responsibility for his losing his job, since A) She's not his boss, and B) he himself resigned. Do you
know, though, if a person can be said to have been "not of sound mind" when having made such a move, and thus
able to reverse it regardless of the employer's intent? How can one stop such a ploy, if it could be attempted?I can think of at least one case in which someone quit, then tried to get his job back this way: Dan White, a supervisor in San Francisco some time back. Some of you may remember the name, since he went on to kill both Mayor George Moscone and supervisor Harvey Milk.
Let's try this again, Adam, for your girlfriend's sake: Dan White KILLED the other two, shot them multiple times, reloaded to keep shooting, committed an act of workplace VIOLENCE.
Sorry if I sound strident, this sort of thing worries me.
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