• JcbAzPx@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    They should sue. Even at will doesn’t let you fire for illegal reasons and that’s an illegal reason. Employment attorneys take cases on contingency and live for these sort of slam dunk, easy win cases.

    • dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works
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      7 hours ago

      You would still have to prove beyond reasonable doubt that your firing was due to the salary discussion and not something else.

      It’s like when a cop wants to pull you over: if they follow you long enough you’ll make enough of a mistake for the pretense.