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Burger King Cashier Sues After Being Fired for Wearing a Skirt

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Bill Bickel

Ashanti McShan, a 17-year-old Texas girl, was fired form her cashier’s job at Burger King for refusing to wear the standard black uniform pants. A Pentecostal Christian, her religion forbids her to wear “men’s clothing,” and she claims she was assured when she applied for the job that she’d be … Continue reading →

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Posted on November 23, 2011 by Bill Bickel

In 2009, at the Pliant plastics factory in Georgia, safety was considered so important that employees were required to wear stickers each day indicating how many days the factory had been injury-free (though I do have to wonder whether, after an accident took place, everybody was ordered to strip off … Continue reading →

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Texas Man Fired For Being Over 600 Pounds (and Sues)

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Bill Bickel

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing a manufacturing plant on behalf of Ronald Kratz II, who says he was fired in 2009 for being obese, despite having received very good employee reviews in both 2008 and 2009. Here’s the thing, though: Kratz had worked for the company since 1994, … Continue reading →

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Diabetic Woman Fired for Eating Potato Chips

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Bill Bickel

It’s a busy time for the legal department at the Walgreens drug store chain: not only are they being sued by a former pharmacist for violating his Second Amendment rights, but the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing them on behalf of a former California employee who was fired … Continue reading →

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