In the US You Can Be Fired for Who You Marry
I think that one of the greatest injustices in the USA is the tenuous nature of employment. In some states you can be fired without any cause whatsoever.
Here is a story of man who is fired from his job simply because of who he married even though by all accounts he did a good job. Something completely outside of his employment became the cause for firing him. How is that just? How is that acceptable? Why aren't there laws that protect people from such capricious terminations?
Here is a story of man who is fired from his job simply because of who he married even though by all accounts he did a good job. Something completely outside of his employment became the cause for firing him. How is that just? How is that acceptable? Why aren't there laws that protect people from such capricious terminations?
A South Florida town manager who married a porn star last year was fired at an emergency meeting after the mayor and council members learned about it. Fort Myers Beach town council voted 5-0 to fire Scott Janke "without cause" after Mayor Larry Kiker called the Tuesday night meeting. "At no time did we make a judgment call on the activities of Mr. Janke or his wife," Kiker told The Associated Press. "It's a matter of how effective he becomes after this situation. How much disruption there is." Adult Industry News recently reported that Janke's wife, Anabela Mota Janke, goes by the stage name Jazella Moore. "Our heads are held high," Scott Janke said. "We have nothing to be embarrassed about. We've done nothing wrong." Janke said he and his wife were married in October and are taking care of their three teenage children Kiker acknowledged that Janke had violated no rules or laws and added that he had done a good job for the island town that had about 6,500 people
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