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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2019 13:29:16 GMT -5
gmail turns 15 today ... I just open my email and it's 15 years old got launched in 2004.
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Post by Duragizer on Apr 3, 2019 4:02:18 GMT -5
Brad Fiedel should return to composing music.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2019 7:07:01 GMT -5
Cute YouTube
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Post by Duragizer on Apr 13, 2019 4:34:33 GMT -5
Though agreeable in part, postmodernism seems to skirt too close to relativism and nihilism for me to ever embrace it whole-hog.
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Post by Icctrombone on Apr 13, 2019 9:57:53 GMT -5
Grocery stores should charge a surcharge to anyone talking in the phone while trying to pay. There I said it.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Apr 13, 2019 11:05:39 GMT -5
Grocery stores should charge a surcharge to anyone talking in the phone while trying to pay. There I said it. Couldnt agree more. Americans rudeness in their narcissism over the importance of a phone call is unsettling.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2019 11:12:09 GMT -5
Grocery stores should charge a surcharge to anyone talking in the phone while trying to pay. There I said it. Couldnt agree more. Americans rudeness in their narcissism over the importance of a phone call is unsettling. Ugh. I was at the barber shop the other day and the guy in the chair had the barber stop cutting his hair 3 times!!! to answer his cell phone. I leave my cell phone in the car or in my jacket on silent for stuff like that.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2019 11:13:42 GMT -5
Whatever happened to the concept of "innocent until proven guilty"? Anymore it is guilty unless proven innocent.
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Post by Phil Maurice on Apr 13, 2019 12:05:17 GMT -5
Whatever happened to the concept of "innocent until proven guilty"? Anymore it is guilty unless proven innocent.It definitely still exists, though it is only applicable in a court of law. As people with no power over the accused, we can make snap judgments to our hearts' content, and do.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2019 12:22:23 GMT -5
Whatever happened to the concept of "innocent until proven guilty"? Anymore it is guilty unless proven innocent.It definitely still exists, though it is only applicable in a court of law. As people with no power over the accused, we can make snap judgments to our hearts' content, and do. I agree with you about the general public... but what about a person's employer? They do have power and people lose their jobs based on the "court of public opinion" instead of a court of law's decision.
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Post by Phil Maurice on Apr 13, 2019 12:31:33 GMT -5
I agree with you about the general public... but what about a person's employer? They do have power and people lose their jobs based on the "court of public opinion" instead of a court of law's decision. There's a discussion to be had there, but I'm out of my depth when it comes to employment law. Perhaps you could provide an example or two?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2019 12:39:41 GMT -5
I agree with you about the general public... but what about a person's employer? They do have power and people lose their jobs based on the "court of public opinion" instead of a court of law's decision. There's a discussion to be had there, but I'm out of my depth when it comes to employment law. Perhaps you could provide an example or two? A few of the high profile examples. Several cases involving the metoo movement. The recent college bribes scandal.
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Post by Phil Maurice on Apr 13, 2019 13:12:35 GMT -5
A few of the high profile examples. Several cases involving the metoo movement. The recent college bribes scandal. Well, in the case of the college scandals, bribery and fraud are actual crimes. The people involved are being prosecuted for those crimes. If I told my employer I would need a chunk of time to defend myself in court against very credible charges of such a nature, and that the trial would likely be followed by millions of people, I doubt I would still have a job. Is that legal? Yes, in my state at least. Is it fair? Looking at it from my employer's perspective, and assuming my employer was not complicit in any way, why should they be saddled with the negative fallout from my actions? Don't they have the right to put some distance between us?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2019 13:56:18 GMT -5
It's called at-will employment-
Essentially employment is a 2 way street and either party can end it for any legal reason, they don't need to justify it. There are some who criticize or oppose this tenet, and it's legal status varies from state to state, but an employer does not need to justify letting an employee go and the former employee cannot sue for damaged because of the dismissal as long as the reasons were legal (i.e. not discriminatory based on race, religion, sex, etc.).
Specific contracts can eliminate at-will, but many states assume as long as the employment was not specified as being otherwise by contract at the time of hire, it is at-will. These are often referred to as at-will employment states, essentially at-will is the default in these states unless specifically stated otherwise. Other states require at-will status to be specified.
So innocence, guilt, etc, have no bearing on it. If the employer chooses not to employ you any longer, you are no longer employed there. Just as if you decide to no longer work for the employer, you can quit.
However, some employers (and when I worked for a Catholic high school this was the case) have a morality clause in their contract in which any act which questions your moral character (and an arrest qualifies even if no indictment or conviction follows) is grounds for dismissal. The rationale is that as a member of the company/institution's staff, you represent the institution in all your activities and any activity which reflects poorly on the institution is grounds for dismissal. But it is specified in the employment contract and the employee should know there will be consequences for action including dismissal.
So it depends on the specifics of the contract, which state in occurs in, etc. but presumption of innocence does not apply in employment in most cases. -M
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Post by Phil Maurice on Apr 13, 2019 14:09:03 GMT -5
Thanks @mrp! I was really drowning there. Gotta learn to stay in my lane.
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