WANING DAYS OF POLITICAL CORRECTNESS STUPIDITY A shield for employers who disclose

Star-Ledger ^ | Saturday, December 20, 2003 | CAROL ANN CAMPBELL

[Liz]

The Charles Cullen case is spurring legislation, in both Washington and Trenton, to protect employers who give out honest, though negative, job references.

New Jersey's two senators as well as several Assembly members in Trenton said they are moving forward with efforts to protect employers who say previous employees were fired, or performed poorly on the job.

[Liz]

New Jersey's two US senators......said they are moving forward with efforts to protect employers who say previous employees were fired, or performed poorly on the job......The issue has become crucial to health care experts trying to unravel the reasons Cullen -- a nurse who has admitted to killing up to 40 patients -- was able to hop from hospital to hospital despite the serious problems raised about him.

Imagine that? Dumbocrats are actually going to allow employers to make "negative comments" about a worker suspected of killing people. To protect employers.

Nothing about protecting innocent people, eh? That would be too much to ask from these liberal freakazoids obsessed with political correctness.

I say give 'em a big round of applause (Bronx cheer).

[Dan Evans]

"Why would you allow the manager of a hospital to potentially blacklist a competent nurse because they didn't get along with management?" said Jeanne Otersen

No, Jeanne, just allow him to tell the truth.

[searchandrecovery]

Trial lawyers rule this country. They've taken down Doctors (malpractice), their Insurers, Corporations (Tobacco, Asbestos, et al.), and Religion( Catholic Church, Ten Commandments, Nativity Scenes, et al.). They fear no one. They are the plague.

No politician has enuf backbone to propose and work-through legislation to permit "bad" comments about employee performance. Not gonna happen. Won't hold up in any liberal court.

Hospitals are Zones of Death. Be very very careful if you or a loved one is in that place. Bad things can happen.

[mrs. a]

That comment struck me, too. "Competence" to me means doing your job in the most effective and efficient way. "Not getting along with management" is a sign that the person cannot perform the job in a "competent" manner. They can be skilled and yet not be competent.