r/comics • u/littyart • 1d ago

OC Sick Leave - [OC]

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u/Dry_Yam_8049 1d ago

Don’t forget to get a signed doctors note

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u/cupholdery 1d ago

OP is assuming managers won't just fire you.

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u/threelayersofchinfat 1d ago

And you're assuming OP won't take it to the Department of Labor for unjustified termination

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u/englishmastiff1121 1d ago

Unless you're talking about unemployment benefits, employers don't need a justification to fire anyone. We're all at-will employees.

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u/DirtandPipes 1d ago

Legends tell tales of other lands outside of America, places with entirely different laws and customs.

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u/threelayersofchinfat 1d ago

Damn. America's a shithole

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u/SirensToGo 1d ago

At will means they can fire you for no reason but they still can't fire you for certain specific reasons. If you, for example, take FMLA leave because you are sick, they cannot legally fire you for it. Of course, they might try and do it anyways and trump up performance issues and you may well lose your case, but in principle they aren't allowed to.

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u/englishmastiff1121 1d ago

I don't disagree.

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u/Kriscolvin55 1d ago

Dude. It is not that simple. Employees have rights, even when being fired. Your employer might say otherwise (most do), but that’s just an intimidation technique.

If it was as simple as being “at-will”, then there wouldn’t be such a thing as Wrongful Termination lawyers. You might think they just work cases where racism, sexism, etc. involved, but nope. A majority of their cases are not related to legally protected classes.

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u/englishmastiff1121 1d ago

A majority of their cases are not related to legally protected classes.

I'm sure they handle workplace negligence, contract breach, whistleblower, harrassment, retaliation, and discrimination civil cases, but what wrongful termination cases do they handle that don't include those topics?