Posted on 01/30/2021 7:18:19 PM PST by simpson96
An Orange County woman has filed a $10 million civil lawsuit against a former employer she claims wrongly fired her for attending the Jan. 6 protests that culminated in a riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Attorneys representing Leah Snyder, in a lawsuit filed Tuesday at the federal courthouse in Santa Ana, contend Snyder didn’t enter the Capitol building or take part in violence, but allege her employer, Alight Solutions, “adopted a version of the events” that were “advanced” by an unnamed “cancel culture media outlet.”
According to the lawsuit, Snyder spent more than 20 years working remotely as a computer programmer and coder for Alight Solutions, an outsourcing company based in Illinois.
Based on a search of federal court records, there was no indication as of Wednesday that Snyder is one of the more than 150 people charged in connection to the siege of the Capitol by a mob seeking to overturn the presidential election.
According to the lawsuit, Snyder while taking paid time off, traveled to Washington D.C., where she “listened to speeches made by the President of the United States and other important persons” then joined a group that were “peacefully walking to the capital.” She took several “selfies” with friends, according to the lawsuit, then left and went home.
Snyder later posted the two “selfies” to a social media thread, according to the lawsuit. Her attorneys wrote that Snyder “felt uplifted by virtue of her participation in a peaceful protest” and wanted to “explain her participation to those who had not attended what she reasonably perceived was a peaceful protest of election vote counting procedures.”(snip)
The lawsuit accuses Alight Solutions of failing to protect Snyder from cyber-bullying and alleges the company retaliated against her for exercising her civil rights.
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i’d be amazed if the courts didn’t find a way to rail road her
I live here, and consult with HR....
Neither the California Fair Employment & Housing Act, nor the Unruh Civil Rights Act, not federal employment legislation bar termination for political reasons. She’s toast
I should have said that firing an employee for expressing political opinions is GENERALLY not illegal. There is no federal prohibition, but state laws can vary.
In another thread, tbw2 posted with a very informative link about a somewhat similar case in New York. A law professor explained that there is some protection, but its scope is unclear, and the employer might be able to use one of the exceptions: https://reason.com/volokh/2021/01/27/may-n-y-businesses-fire-employees-for-using-parler-and-gab/
I didn’t know that California had also restricted the traditional employment-at-will rule. Perhaps, as j.havenfarm thinks, this employer still has the discretion to fire her, but at least it’s not as clear as I originally thought.
As stated neither of the two applicable statutes protects her
I don’t know whether anyone has been fired because of BLM-related activities.
As I pointed out, state laws vary. California probably gives stronger protection for employees than many other states. It wouldn’t surprise me if firing a BLM activist was perfectly legal in some states but grounds for a winning lawsuit in others.
She had better win.
Had she been a democrack she’d never hear a thing from her employer.
Try firing only liberal employees and you’ll find out differently. The “law” depends on what side of the mirror you’re on.
Thanks for posting that. Many States have similar laws designed to protect political speech. Colorado has a similar law.
“Neither the California Fair Employment & Housing Act, nor the Unruh Civil Rights Act, not federal employment legislation bar termination for political reasons. She’s toast”
How about Labor Code § 98.6?? Do you know anything about that or do you just want to admit you have no freaking idea what the hell you’re talking about??
“ firing her after riots at U.S Capitol”
There wasn’t one riot, never mind “riots”
1102. No employer shall coerce or influence or attempt to coerce or influence his employees through or by means of threat of discharge or loss of employment to adopt or follow or refrain from adopting or following any particular course or line of political action or political activity.From California Labor Code.
Firing her for attending a rally is against the California labor law, and sends a coercive influence to the rest of the workforce to not do it, too.
-PJ
Go girl go !
Well you say that, but now we live in "emanations of penumbras" land. All it will take to add political speech to protected classes is for a demoncrap to get fired for his or her participation in a biden rally and the black robes will legislate inclusion of political bent into the EEO laws.
However, you are correct, judges will toss out Conservative cases until such time as it is a leftie who is getting dinged.
Apparently you do.....Since she's going to need legal representation, I think you're perfect for the job.
I guess we have to get used to that — being forever considered criminals for our politics.
This needs to happen in the Millions!!
Well, aren’t you an attorney? Go for it!
I didn’t know that.
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