Yelp Fired Manager After He Didn't Take Calls, Check Email 24/7, Lawsuit Claims

Re:Yelp Fired Manager After He Didn't Take Calls, Check Emai... by patio11 on Thursday February 21, 2019 @05:55PM (#19221386)

While I get why that distinction sounds like it matters on a message board, for all of the HNers that will be in a position to hire and fire people: if you make a practice of mentioning holidays when firing people, your lawyers will make a practice of settling lawsuits on unfavorable-to-you terms.

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Re:Yelp Fired Manager After He Didn't Take Calls, Check Emai... by doktrin on Thursday February 21, 2019 @06:03PM (#19221479)

This. If these emails were sent as described, the terminated employee can expect a tidy settlement with the quickness.

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Re:Yelp Fired Manager After He Didn't Take Calls, Check Emai... by dba7dba on Thursday February 21, 2019 @07:34PM (#19222044)

Maybe the management/managers have been getting away with behaviors such as these for so long that they forgot sending such emails to terminated employee is a bad/expensive idea.

Either way, whether religion is involved or not, discriminating or not, from what I've seen so far, Yelp needs to pay.

Just so that it can be a lesson to others.

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Re:Yelp Fired Manager After He Didn't Take Calls, Check Emai... by akerl_ on Thursday February 21, 2019 @06:00PM (#19221447)

I don’t disagree: it’s a dumb thing for an employer to say exactly because it leads to suits like this.

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