In the past month:
-A woman filed a lawsuit against Citibank, claiming she was fired for being “too sexy.”
-A Wisconsin woman was fired from her job as a dispatcher, after posting on Facebook that she was a drug addict — even though she was joking.
-And just last week, news broke of a Catholic-school teacher who was fired for becoming pregnant before she was married.
Though wrongful termination laws vary by state, most states have adopted an “at will employment” policy, meaning that companies can fire an employee at any time, for any reason (and that employees can quit at any time, for any reason). The only concrete exception, of course, is if the firing is in violation of Federal Equal Opportunity Employment laws, which prevent employees from being terminated based on race, sex, age, color, religion, disability or veteran status.
What do you think about these recent termination stories? Let us know in the comments section.
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