No. If this was the way things were every 4 years I would have been fired. The boss was way to far to the left and I like Cruz. We had some words. Heated words.

An employee comment that establishes a nexus with his/her employer that reflects negatively on the employer may be subject to whatever penalty the employer imposes. The only recourse for the employee is if they have any contractual obligation to establish a "just cause" for discipline.

Employment is 'at will'. But accepting that, the business that fired her for posting that has a fool for an owner/manager.

we pulled some of the Au/Ag out and hid it. . might
do that with the Pt/Pd. -- j
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I hire a person for specific services for 40hrs/wk and pay him for those hours of services only. What he does in his personal life and with his personal identity is absolutely no business or concern of mine.

John, I am convinced that precious metals prices are manipulated, not to mention stock market prices and all financial instruments. I don't trust much anymore.

I agree, khalling. I'm one of these crazy people who thinks, that barring some contractual agreement, an employer should be able to fire any employee, at any time for any reason. It is their business.

me, too! . I had a precious metals investment firm advise me
to move from gold and silver to platinum and palladium,
about 2 years ago ... with a thirteen percent handling fee.
stupid me said yes. . Pt/Pd went up briefly, and then settled back
into their stable zone like gold and silver. . had I stayed with Au/Ag,
I would have been many dollars ahead. . did it to myself,
and I would love to say the name of the bunch who suckered
me into it ... but ....... -- j

p.s. the value of the Pt/Pd is now only 60 percent of the
original account balance.
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when I told my boss that I wanted to retire, he nearly said
that he wanted to go, too. . we met again about 4 years
later, and he had himself retired. . moving to a better deal
is something which we should always keep alive. -- j
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Unless under contract they should be able to fire any employee at any time for any reason. It is the employers job, not the employees.

It's very hard for me to accept my lack of control over many things....

Yes. If possible she should resist the urge to speculate and focus on doing a good job. Chances are she'll be working with some of those people again. Speculating about their motivations is tempting but not productive. The important thing is for her to find someone excited to have her where she's excited to be. The old employer should do the same in finding a replacement, assuming they need one. This is much better than people sticking with a tepid business relationship.

yes, it "smells" like an excuse to let her go. -- j
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I had a friend who, about 20 years ago, convinced me
to "invest" fourteen thousand dollars in a currency
exchange-rate thing with a supposedly-reputable
company. . slick brochure;;; "proven history" of doubling
or quintupling everyone's money -- and it had worked
for my friend. . a week later, I had a balance of zero dollars
and dropped out of it. . sometimes you just have to
bow to the absurd. -- j
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even as a 33-year employee, my employer re-emphasized
that the job relationship was "at-will" for both me and the employer.
here's an explanation;;; it's just a free-will association which
is sustained only by continued voluntary agreement....... -- j

http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedi...
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It really so very much depends. In any context an employee could say or do something that harms their employer's belief in whatever aspects of the employee the employer deems essential their value as an employee. If that happens the employer is within her rights to let go hte employee.

However doing this just because of disagreement or being nonplussed over something one finds out that has no direct bearing on the employment efficacy would be stupid and irrational.

There are two sides to the black story in America. One is the oft-quoted line about racism and its impact. The other is the seldom quoted story of black achievement. The oft-quoted story is the face of the black community, at least as far as the world is concerned, even though only 1/3 of the black community is stuck in that morass. The seldom quoted story is the true face of the black community, because 2/3 of the black community lives in THAT story. That reporter discussed something that's been missing forever, the focus on the positive, vs. the focus on the negative. If we'd pay attention to the spunky worker, rather than the sociopathic killers, we would go a long way toward eliminating the evil and promoting the good.

But considering the amount of control I have over all of that, in some ways it is a hoot. Sometimes you just have to bow to the absurd.

George Soros and Moveon.Instigate pay money to shut down free speech.
As fast as I read your reply I imagined someone holding a sign screaming "Black lives matter!" in your face. That not making any sense is beside the point
Now mean ole' dino is thinking of the college campus comfort of a goo-goo safe zone.

Nothing will change if we aren't allowed to talk about it.

As far as I know she is well liked in town. You may be right and she may not have been liked by mgmt.. Too bad this didn't serve as a catalyst to start a bigger discussion on what is happening in some of our communities. Recently 2 black men robbed a bank 2 blocks from my store. The one had gone to college on a full basketball scholarship and for some reason a couple years later he is robbing a bank. Still don't know why.

We live in public, over 3 billion people are on Facebook. If you are on social media as an active participant then yes you should be of those are the stipulations of employment. If they are not then no, no goes for the person who is on another person's Facebook or social media page doing someth deemed non employable

One employer that I worked for stated in the ethics manual that employees would not post or say things that were detrimental to the organization. If one did so, it could be reason for termination. Based on that, if the employee agreed to this (annually in a written statement) then there was the rule.

Anyone can hire or fire anyone he wants at any time. If he is breaking a contract, there are consequences.

I read what the lady wrote a couple of days ago. PC was far gone from her telling the hard truth about American black culture mental state.