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The Employer Handbook BlogA white guy threatened to kill co-workers, got fired, and claimed discrimination. How’d that turn out?
If you were thinking, “Not well,” well, give yourself a gold star and a pat on the back.
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“A person can be married on Saturday and then fired on Monday for just that act.”
The lede comes directly from last Thursday’s much anticipated decision, in which the Seventh Circuit concluded in Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College (opinion here) that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the federal workplace anti-discrimination statute, does not protect workers from discrimination based on LGBT status.