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To: Modernman
"Generally speaking, your employer can demand that you consent to a search on the spot, even if no previous rule existed to that effect. If you refuse, he can fire you."

Wrong, 18USC241 forbids it. He can not extort someone to surrender their rights. He is limited to firing them w/o cause, or just make some bogus statement.

547 posted on 12/14/2004 9:09:17 AM PST by spunkets
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To: spunkets
Wrong, 18USC241 forbids it. He can not extort someone to surrender their rights.

You keep using the word "extortion." I don't think it means what you think it means.

He is limited to firing them w/o cause, or just make some bogus statement.

That statement totally undermines your position. So, the employer can fire you for consenting to a search so long as he doesn't tell you that is why he is firing you?

549 posted on 12/14/2004 9:13:33 AM PST by Modernman (Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. --Benjamin Franklin)
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To: spunkets; Modernman

"Generally speaking, your employer can demand that you consent to a search on the spot, even if no previous rule existed to that effect. If you refuse, he can fire you."

Wrong, 18USC241 forbids it. He can not extort someone to surrender their rights. He is limited to firing them w/o cause, or just make some bogus statement.

Are employers not allowed to fire for insubordination anymore?

574 posted on 12/14/2004 11:18:22 AM PST by Chemist_Geek ("Drill, R&D, and conserve" should be our watchwords! Energy independence for America!)
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