"Discrimination means treating people differently and adversely because of a particular characteristic," he said. But this broad definition, he added, isn't always clear to employers"
The better to sue you with, my dear.
"differently AND adversely" is way different from "differently OR adversely."
My old friend 'Scotty' Shiosake will be spinning in his grave.
There are a lot worse things than "Manny" that he could have called this guy.
Are you making this up?
I hated that.
Tom or even Thomas is fine. Use my last name, or "hey, you", but don't call me Tommy. I must have told him a thousand times I hated to be called "Tommy".
Never occurred to me to sue him, though.
Not to nit-pic, but Cervantes' years were between 1547-1616.
His quote came a few thousand years AFTER Solomon said the same thing.
Proverbs 22:1 A good name is more desirable than great riches
My friend Sudesh insisted we call him Sam out of mercy for our tongues that constantly butchered his given name. I guess some folks just have a chip on thier shoulder when kindness and grace would suffice.
Granted, the word "nigger" is offensive when used against someone, but when did it become offensive to use the word nigger in a sentence?
When did it rise to the level of the "F" word?
Some of us intolerant crypto-fascists would prolly have named him "Yo, you're fired" long before he spun the lawsuit roulette wheel.
He wanted to be T-Bone.
Employer's should play it safe and call people by their employee number. "Hey, a, 6274-1, would you please move that pallet over to the loading dock?"
Good grief, seems like people look for reasons to be offended.
This IS a 9th Circuit opinion.
Eventually, businesses will only hire white males who have no rights to sue about anything because these frivolous lawsuits are destroying America's small businesses. Every minority and ethnic group member who files suit at the drop of a hat for any hint of OFFENDING behavior are telling employers that it is safer to hire those exactly like themselves to avoid said lawsuits. It's called cutting your nose off to spite your face.
I think there are three judges on a Court of Appeals ... but however many, I'll bet none of them could pronounce this name correctly. I know I can't.
I hope some former co-workers don't hear about this. At a place I used to work, there were three Arabs, two Mohammed's and an 'Abro'. Their nicknames were 'Mo', 'Mo2' and 'Eyebrow', respectively.
Oh, oh! Bush is in trouble...
Nicknames are now verboten!