from BLR—Business and Legal Resources A long-time Illinois postal worker didn’t get along with her new boss. At one point, she threatened to file a sex discrimination charge, but then she learned she needed surgery. Her boss stymied her requests for time off and accommodation of her medical condition, and she became depressed. That’s when …
Tag Archive: Threats
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Nov 11 2011
Threats are “Violence” Post-Bill 168: Firing of Long-Term Employee Upheld
By Adrian Miedema, OccupationalHealthAndSafetyLaw.com Workplace threats are now “violence” in Ontario and justify strong discipline, the decision of an Ontario arbitrator suggests. Bill 168 added workplace violence and harassment to the Occupational Health and Safety Act and defined “workplace violence” to include threats. The case involved a long-service employee of the City of Kingston. In …
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Aug 05 2011
Appeals Court: ‘It’s Going To Get Ugly’ Was Not A Threat
By Mike Scarcella, Legal Times Two electricians at a job site were displeased over a break policy they thought was unfair. One man said things will “get ugly” if he were fired. The other told a supervisor he better “bring his gloves.” Both workers lost their jobs. Threatening language warranting termination or a fleeting, protected …
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Feb 25 2011
Violence against BART agents escalating
By Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle One angry BART rider kicked in the door of a station agent’s booth because his Clipper card wouldn’t work, and another, holding a snarling pit bull at the other end of a rope, flashed a gun at a station agent after he asked her to show papers proving the …
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