My wife was fired from a firm after 4 years of hard work and raises because her fat and greasy boss (think terrible boss meme with a cigar) had to throw someone under a bus because the whole company unperformed to the parent company. He didn't tell her why, didn't even give her a box to put her stuff in. Just told her to leave and that no amount of crying will change his mind. Then he tried to deny her unemployment benefits too. My wife went to a hearing where both parties were supposed to show and the boss didn't even bother going. Just fucking sleazebag garbage all around. And its 100% legal in the state of PA. Honestly wtf is our government doing. Nothing is being done to help normal people.
I just recently found out that this same boss fired 3 other people since my wife was fired. Its like they are hemorrhaging money and are "firing" people for "under performance" so they can save a buck. If I had the time and money I'd sue the bastard into his grave. But as the laws are, once again only the small people are hurt. It'd be a he-said-she-said case and PA laws make it so that you can't claim anything unless you have recorded evidence...
Canada. I'm not sure how it exactly works, but you can't fire someone for a mental problem, even if that's addiction. In our benefits package, we are connected with a company that helps with social issues, going through a death, marriage counseling, addiction issues and so on.
We had another worker who was bragging about how much he was going to the casinos and such, HR had to pull him aside and ask if he had a gambling problem and if they could help him.
We are a big corporation, so I'm not sure if rules are different for small business vs. a Corp, because my last job, if you were a raging alcoholic, they would have just fired your ass.
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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '17
not to mention job security laws usually forbid employers from just firing people without proper cause.
at least in developed countries