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In the discussion thread: Ohio woman claims she was fired for Obama vote [View all]

Wed Feb 20, 2013, 02:23 PM

6. Unfortunately, Ohio--like almost all states--is at-will employment.

Meaning that an employer can fire you for just about any stupid reason, so long as it isn't blatantly discriminatory (race, sex, etc.).

They can fire you even if they don't like the color shirt you're wearing.

(And that's not hyperbole--see here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/19/elizabeth-r-wellborn-pa_n_1363609.html )

It's a ridiculous law, yet almost universally accepted.

Some localities have laws against termination based on political affiliation or identity, but I don't believe there's a national law to that extent. Let's hope that such a law exists where this woman works.

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48 replies	Author	Time	Post
Ohio woman claims she was fired for Obama vote [View all]	Tommy_Carcetti	Feb 2013	OP
"Defense contractor"?	DollarBillHines	Feb 2013	#1
You have the wrong q-mark--this is dayton, ohio, q-mark.....	msanthrope	Feb 2013	#8
Again,	Jamaal510	Feb 2013	#2
Unfortunately, Ohio--like almost all states--is at-will employment.	Tommy_Carcetti	Feb 2013	#6
See below, I think she has a case based on Ohio code....nt	msanthrope	Feb 2013	#9
You might be right.	Tommy_Carcetti	Feb 2013	#13
I have case-envy. nt	msanthrope	Feb 2013	#14
We need worker's rights reform.	Ash_F	Feb 2013	#15
He should lose his defense contract.	Spitfire of ATJ	Feb 2013	#3
She--the employer/owner is Roberta Gentile. nt	msanthrope	Feb 2013	#5
......must resist name pun.	Spitfire of ATJ	Feb 2013	#12
She has a case--Ohio has a specific law regarding employment and voting.....	msanthrope	Feb 2013	#4
Good to know.	Tommy_Carcetti	Feb 2013	#7
Absolutely--the fact that she's in Ohio is what makes this possible. She'd have little recourse	msanthrope	Feb 2013	#10
My former employer called a meeting with all employees back when Raygun was running for president.	Ikonoklast	Feb 2013	#17
Her attorneys don't sound like its anything close to a slam dunk	onenote	Feb 2013	#40
Ideological purity dictates this	Ezlivin	Feb 2013	#11
Why would anyone announce their vote in such circumstances?	Sekhmets Daughter	Feb 2013	#16
maybe because it is a protected right in a non-totalitarian society?	Douglas Carpenter	Feb 2013	#18
What is protected	Sekhmets Daughter	Feb 2013	#20
appreciate what you're saying	CitizenPatriot	Feb 2013	#23
It is restrictive...	Sekhmets Daughter	Feb 2013	#25
I hear that	CitizenPatriot	Feb 2013	#30
There must have been a history of it...	Sekhmets Daughter	Feb 2013	#33
if people are not free to casually express their opinions about politics we have surely passed into	Douglas Carpenter	Feb 2013	#24
To compare this woman to Rosa Parks	Sekhmets Daughter	Feb 2013	#28
oh Bull	Douglas Carpenter	Feb 2013	#29
If you say so....	Sekhmets Daughter	Feb 2013	#32
Anyone who does not see the absolute importance of defending the right of someone to casually and	Douglas Carpenter	Feb 2013	#48
wait, what?	eggplant	Feb 2013	#26
How ridiculous...	Sekhmets Daughter	Feb 2013	#31
Poor lady	obama2terms	Feb 2013	#19
Q-Mark	midwest irish	Feb 2013	#21
Good.	EC	Feb 2013	#22
"At Will" employment can be LEGALIZED DISCRIMINATION. If it's illegal to discriminate on race, age,	patrice	Feb 2013	#27
That's it exactly...	Sekhmets Daughter	Feb 2013	#34
I'm sure that does happen, so there's an added 1st Amendment dimension to this particular issue.	patrice	Feb 2013	#36
yes, there is....	Sekhmets Daughter	Feb 2013	#37
Like I have heard citizens from the wrong side of town say, "American Just Us". nt	patrice	Feb 2013	#38
I'm sorry,	Sekhmets Daughter	Feb 2013	#39
I wasn't sure either. When I first heard it, I was helping an African American lady minister friend	patrice	Feb 2013	#41
Thanks...	Sekhmets Daughter	Feb 2013	#42
Discouraging . . . to me too. The only remedy I know of: one. concrete. step. at. a. time.	patrice	Feb 2013	#43
Agreed.	Sekhmets Daughter	Feb 2013	#44
If I owned a business I would lean toward firing all Repukes	Doctor_J	Feb 2013	#35
that is exactly the kind of thinking that makes it possible to fire people for supporting Obama	Douglas Carpenter	Feb 2013	#46
The boss is a dick, but Kunkle was an idiot	lbrtbell	Feb 2013	#45
I find it absolutely horrifying that some people here on DU do not grasp the absolute importance of	Douglas Carpenter	Feb 2013	#47

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