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A woman is suing her company for paying her without making her work
WKRC ^ | 6/23/2024 | Andrew McKee

Posted on 06/24/2024 2:48:46 PM PDT by simpson96

FRANCE (WKRC) - A disabled woman is upset that her employer failed to give her any work for 20 years, despite still paying her full salary.

Laurence Van Wassenhove has filed a lawsuit against her former employer, Orange, a large telecommunications company. She claims she was paid her full salary for 20 years without receiving any work. Van Wassenhove is accusing Orange of intentionally barring her from working after she attempted to transfer to a different part of the company due to her disability.

Van Wassenhove initially joined Orange in 1993 as a secretary and human resources representative, as it accommodated her partial paralysis and epilepsy. In 2002, she attempted to transfer within the company and was approved. She alleges her employer stopped assigning her tasks at that point due to her inadequate performance in the new position. Despite this, they did not stop paying her salary.

Orange disputes the claim, arguing that they did what they could to accommodate Van Wassenhove's conditions but faced difficulty because of her frequent need to take off work.


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At right.

1 posted on 06/24/2024 2:48:46 PM PDT by simpson96
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Probably mad because she can’t get certain government benefits if she is employed, and they won’t fire her.


2 posted on 06/24/2024 2:51:19 PM PDT by Boogieman
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So is she suing them for paying her for not working and the result will be they will pay her even more for paying her to do nothing.


3 posted on 06/24/2024 2:52:00 PM PDT by ifinnegan (MDemocrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: simpson96

uh, hold on there professor, we fixed... the glitch.


4 posted on 06/24/2024 2:52:32 PM PDT by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
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To: simpson96

If I were the judge it would be summary judgement for the defendant.

She suffered no harm and did nothing for 20 years to remedy the situation herself.

She could have found other employment.


5 posted on 06/24/2024 2:54:21 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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You got some nerve, lady


6 posted on 06/24/2024 2:56:10 PM PDT by j.havenfarm (23 years on Free Republic, 12/10/23! More than 8,000 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: WeaslesRippedMyFlesh

I bet she owns a red Swingline stapler.


7 posted on 06/24/2024 3:00:20 PM PDT by ssapro (SSAPRO/ EXBP)
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Gasp, now every Democrat congress-critter and Biden cabinet member will be able to sue.


8 posted on 06/24/2024 3:01:45 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: simpson96

This is SO French


9 posted on 06/24/2024 3:03:27 PM PDT by montag813
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To: Da Coyote

Maybe if she wins, she can afford to buy herself a bra.


10 posted on 06/24/2024 3:03:40 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: Pontiac

I am with you. She waited for 20 years, meaning she has been preparing for this for 20 years. Pre-meditated.


11 posted on 06/24/2024 3:26:40 PM PDT by wbarmy (Trying to do better.)
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To: ifinnegan

Lol. Great point.


12 posted on 06/24/2024 3:29:10 PM PDT by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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To: simpson96

Forget it Jake, it’s Francetown.


13 posted on 06/24/2024 3:29:21 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Sounds a great work from home job


14 posted on 06/24/2024 3:30:58 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it 🤪)
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That dude with the beard looks like he just got off a fat horse. Talk about bowl legged.


15 posted on 06/24/2024 3:34:54 PM PDT by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci will be put on death row and die of COVID!)
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To: simpson96

I saw this back when I was a government employee. Cheaper to pay a salary then any legal costs.


16 posted on 06/24/2024 3:44:13 PM PDT by vaskypilot
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To: simpson96

The Bee


17 posted on 06/24/2024 3:55:23 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: ssapro

I expected to hear she was laid off years ago but kept receiving checks due to a payroll glitch.


18 posted on 06/24/2024 4:02:38 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: simpson96

Did she get pay raises too?


19 posted on 06/24/2024 4:09:16 PM PDT by Tai_Chung
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“A disabled woman is upset that her employer failed to give her any work for 20 years, despite still paying her full salary.”

Why?


20 posted on 06/24/2024 4:11:34 PM PDT by TheDon (Resist the usurpers! Remember the J6 political prisoners!)
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