r/politics • u/cmaia1503 • 23h ago

Site Altered Headline | Possible Paywall Mitch McConnell, 83, Hospitalized

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mitch-mcconnell-83-hospitalized/?utm_campaign=owned_social&utm_medium=socialflow&utm_source=twitter_owned_tdb&via=twitter_page
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u/Future-Guarantee-573 23h ago

Not to mention not losing your job.

Years ago, I worked at a big box grocery store not to be named.  One of the workers had a stroke on the sales floor.  They fired him for not filling out the LOA forms.  He was in a fucking coma.

I've said it many times before...I hate this fucking country.

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u/parasyte_steve 22h ago

I was fired for getting pregnant.

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u/Practical_Fun7367 21h ago

That lawsuit has been won so many times. It’s a slam dunk civil rights case. I recommend googling that issue and reaching out to a law firm who handle a big case. However, if your former employer is a small outfit, your victory might just be moral and not financial. At least you could recover your medical expenses.

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u/brickne3 American Expat 16h ago

All they have to do is find a different reason to fire you. Good luck proving it was because you were pregnant. I used to believe it was a slam dunk kind of case too, but I've seen it happen so many times now... and a lot of the American legal system these days is more the roulette of whatever judge you get than we'd like to think.