Trader Joe's fires employee who sought better Covid protections

Discussion in 'Ethics, Morality, & Justice' started by wegs, Feb 28, 2021.

  1. RainbowSingularity Valued Senior Member

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    i was observing this a week or soo ago.

    what i was wondering is if women are not wearing masks as a show of patriarchal emotional support for thier husbands who are anti all things girly, and masks are inherently girly and Muslim but also american outlaw bandit
    so its really confusing

    what happened with trader joes ?

    here we go

    https://www.businessinsider.com.au/...ter-covid-19-safety-measures-2021-3?r=US&IR=T

    Trader Joe's rehired the employee who was fired after asking for increased COVID-19 protections

    Mary Meisenzahl
    Mar 4, 2021, 5:02 PM

    https://www.thedailybeast.com/trade...ter-being-fired-for-raising-covid-19-concerns




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    out of court settlement for damage to his reputation
    & emotional damage
    company re-instating him avoids the company being found criminally liable
    now they can define it as a management issue rather than c company culture issue towards health and safety.
    avoid a big expensive investigation.

    how much money ?
    thats a hard question in the usa where everything is user pays so you must pay for everything
    thus all money must be several times more than any universal services country

    can he reasonably expect to be employed by another nation wide chain ?
    probably not ! ! !


    so thats big money
    the damage is done they must pay up
    how much does the lawyer get ?
    50% 60% ?
    he needs about 150k to walk away with so that's 300k settlement(maybe 500k cash)
     
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  3. RainbowSingularity Valued Senior Member

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    it is quite odd reading that clause "at will"
    in a country where money is everything
    thus it says the employment contract is almost worthless

    so in turn the employee value as their time value in sale/lease/rent to the employer is assigned as almost worthless.

    often you hear the argument by business saying they need guarantee and insurances...

    so when it comes to someone turning up to open the doors to let the customer in so they can give you cash ...
    you would think there would be a bit more of a commitment to enshrine that in value

    but there is not
    "at will" says the employee is almost worthless
    which is how the business wish to maintain the power system of values
    yet what is this about their "company values" ?

    quiet obliviously a wider debate is urgently required around labour laws & front line employee contract laws to make sure people are worth something in their employment contract which is signed up to.
    why would employees need to be adjusting their own values and systems to meet the employers/business value system with no equitable contractual license from the business ?

    "at will"
    = worthless

    as a thought
    if the employee is signed up contractually to obey & adhere to the company's values, on pain of "at will/firing"

    then the company must also be equally accountable to that same contractual definition of "Company values"

    keep in mind im suggesting 150k for the employee after legal costs plus lost wages
    keeping in mind once he looses this job
    most if not all other national chains are highly unlikely to hire him
    based on the damage done by Trader Joes.
    the damage must be paid for like a broken car

    the repair bill must include wages to cover medical insurance living costs and other normal life costs over a period that would lead to his retirement and/or costs of re-training and time off looking for a new career.
    the damage is done, most big employers wont employ him
    so his wages need to be paid out to his retirement

    there is your starting point



    same guy ?
    http://www.benbonnema.com/
    too gay for trader joes management ? (too much competition for management? they dont want any gay managers?)[how far are we gunna run with that ball because its highly likely in play to some extent on a personal level?]

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