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Re:Calling your boss a dickhead is not a sackable offence, U... by Aurornis on Thursday September 04, 2025 @11:41AM (#45128521)
Which is another loss for the common employee, because now if you mistakenly violate one of those voluminous company policies or you're having a bad day and make a small lapse of judgment, they're going to feel obligated to punish you for it to avoid more legal infractions.
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Re:Calling your boss a dickhead is not a sackable offence, U... by ceejayoz on Thursday September 04, 2025 @12:09PM (#45128844)
Or, as said rules also apply to the boss, they might feel obligated to be a bit more reasonable.

In this case, all they had to do was issue a warning - as they promosed to do in the contract - instead of a summary firing for the first offense. If the behavior reoccurred they'd have been clear.

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Re:Calling your boss a dickhead is not a sackable offence, U... by wredcoll on Thursday September 04, 2025 @04:18PM (#45131787)
This is a terribly bad faith argument.

We're literally reading an example of someone being protected by laws and your response is "well this is actually bad for them"?

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