Fired for speaking truths about obama

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http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/bestoftv/2013/10/23/lead-pkg-tapper-fired-administration-official-over-twitter-rants.cnn.html

[Look (republican congressman) Issa is an ass, but he's onto something here with the @HillaryClinton whitewash with accountability for benghazi]

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No - fired for being an idiot.

Non-story.

Never try to eat more than you can lift

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These leakers are quite revealing. Kerry supposedly hired two top aids who have zero foreign policy experience. So much for transparency in government.

[Andy9o8 3]

It's rather basic that you don't get to publicly bash the boss and keep your job. That being said, if he wanted to blow the whistle on something covered by the federal Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989, he could have done so; there is a proper way to file a complaint and be protected by the Act from retaliation. I rather doubt that doing so via Twitter under an alias is the proper procedure, but I doubt that fact pattern has been tested in court. Yet.

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Andy9o8

It's rather basic that you don't get to publicly bash the boss and keep your job. That being said, if he wanted to blow the whistle on something covered by the federal Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989, he could have done so; there is a proper way to file a complaint and be protected by the Act from retaliation. I rather doubt that doing so via Twitter under an alias is the proper procedure, but I doubt that fact pattern has been tested in court. Yet.

Maybe Carlos Danger could chime in.

I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun

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Andy9o8

It's rather basic that you don't get to publicly bash the boss and keep your job. That being said, if he wanted to blow the whistle on something covered by the federal Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989, he could have done so; there is a proper way to file a complaint and be protected by the Act from retaliation. I rather doubt that doing so via Twitter under an alias is the proper procedure, but I doubt that fact pattern has been tested in court. Yet.

Did you read the thread title?

He wasn't 'bashing the boss' *scoff*

He was 'speaking truths'.

Certainly speaking truth isn't grounds for termination is it?

[JerryBaumchen 1,471]

Hi reg,

It's a very old axiom: Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

JerryBaumchen

PS) Now that he is 'free' he can proceed to his heart's content.

[Andy9o8 3]

Bignugget

***It's rather basic that you don't get to publicly bash the boss and keep your job. That being said, if he wanted to blow the whistle on something covered by the federal Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989, he could have done so; there is a proper way to file a complaint and be protected by the Act from retaliation. I rather doubt that doing so via Twitter under an alias is the proper procedure, but I doubt that fact pattern has been tested in court. Yet.

Did you read the thread title?

He wasn't 'bashing the boss' *scoff*

He was 'speaking truths'.

Certainly speaking truth isn't grounds for termination is it?

Of course it is, or at least can be, if it casts the employer in a bad light and/or damages the employer's business. In the absence of an employment contract or a termination in violation of anti-discrimination laws, employees are employed at-will, and they can be terminated for a good reason, a bad reason or no reason at all. That's a large part of why federal (and some state) whistleblower laws exist in the first place.

That being said: does the employer risk a potential detrimental backlash if he fires an employee for speaking truth about misconduct? Depends on each individual case - sometimes yes, and other times no.

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Andy9o8

******It's rather basic that you don't get to publicly bash the boss and keep your job. That being said, if he wanted to blow the whistle on something covered by the federal Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989, he could have done so; there is a proper way to file a complaint and be protected by the Act from retaliation. I rather doubt that doing so via Twitter under an alias is the proper procedure, but I doubt that fact pattern has been tested in court. Yet.

Did you read the thread title?

He wasn't 'bashing the boss' *scoff*

He was 'speaking truths'.

Certainly speaking truth isn't grounds for termination is it?

Of course it is, or at least can be, if it casts the employer in a bad light and/or damages the employer's business. In the absence of an employment contract or a termination in violation of anti-discrimination laws, employees are employed at-will, and they can be terminated for a good reason, a bad reason or no reason at all. That's a large part of why federal (and some state) whistleblower laws exist in the first place.

That being said: does the employer risk a potential detrimental backlash if he fires an employee for speaking truth about misconduct? Depends on each individual case - sometimes yes, and other times no.

Do you think he will get a wrongful termination suit going?

I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun

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turtlespeed

*********It's rather basic that you don't get to publicly bash the boss and keep your job. That being said, if he wanted to blow the whistle on something covered by the federal Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989, he could have done so; there is a proper way to file a complaint and be protected by the Act from retaliation. I rather doubt that doing so via Twitter under an alias is the proper procedure, but I doubt that fact pattern has been tested in court. Yet.

Did you read the thread title?

He wasn't 'bashing the boss' *scoff*

He was 'speaking truths'.

Certainly speaking truth isn't grounds for termination is it?

Of course it is, or at least can be, if it casts the employer in a bad light and/or damages the employer's business. In the absence of an employment contract or a termination in violation of anti-discrimination laws, employees are employed at-will, and they can be terminated for a good reason, a bad reason or no reason at all. That's a large part of why federal (and some state) whistleblower laws exist in the first place.

That being said: does the employer risk a potential detrimental backlash if he fires an employee for speaking truth about misconduct? Depends on each individual case - sometimes yes, and other times no.

Do you think he will get a wrongful termination suit going?


From reading his responses in this thread, I will bet you 20 bazillion dollars he thinks its a great winning idea.

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Here's the truth: no one outside of government even knew about this blogger, but as the whole of gov't gets to work in the morning to fire up the computer we bought, they're out there surfing the internet and reading blog posts. Now if gov't workers were actually doing work, they too wouldn't even have know about these posts or this blogger.

Your gov't people are shopping online, blogging, watching TV online. If this is work gov't people do, then that should change.

[JerryBaumchen 1,471]

Hi CHUTE,

Quote

Here's the truth:

Oh yea? Have you ever even once read the Position Description for any federal worker? How do you know what they are supposed to be doing?

I worked for the feds for over 30 yrs in Procurement. I would expect a savvy procurement agent to look into online shopping; if for no other reason than to see if he/she might get a better price.

As for: 'watching TV online'

Believe me, there are filters on those computers and the IT folks know what those fed workers are doing.

JerryBaumchen

PS) We had more than one guy get some unpaid time off for looking at porn.

[RonD1120 62]

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