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    Dec 23, 2008, 06:15 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by china_cat84 View Post
    I was told by a few people that being fired for this particular problem is considered discrimination.
    Hello china:

    It IS discrimination, period...

    The problem is that unattentive fork lift operators AREN'T in a protected class of people like, for example, black people are.

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    Dec 23, 2008, 07:26 AM

    Discrimination is not illegal unless it is against a protected class. I could go into work today and fire everyone with a nose ring if I wanted to.

    Or go in and fire every third person, or every red haired person.

    Fair, not a bit, but they are not protected classes of people.

    And causing a accident is normally grounds to file.
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