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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I guess I'm naive. I cannot believe companies are that stupid to do this.  Not saying it didn't happen, just cannot believe that with all the laws in place that anyone can get fired these days for anything![/quote]

My wife had a boss that was gunning to get rid of her; he was an older guy and thought that women should SAH. So he told her, if you don't come back after six weeks, no job will be there for you. Also he gave her crap work for several months after DD was born.

He was just very careful to not say anything in writing or do anything that actually required the involvement of higher management/HR. That, and the fact that we were living in a less than desirable neighborhood with lousy neighbors, kept her quiet and made her more frustrated.

Once he retired things turned around 180 degrees. She would be getting more promotions, etc., if she were to work 50-60 hours instead of 40-45 a week, she would rather spend the time with me and DD. She did get a couple 8-10% raises the two years after this, though, once she got some face time with higher management (one guy apologized.) [/quote]

I'm not sure I understand. Did she actually lose her job or have some other adverse action, or was this guy just a jerk?  Jerks are everywhere.  Illegal discrimination happens too, but not as often because many of the jerks are too afraid to follow through. [/quote]

The adverse action was threatened, just never followed up on. Is saying, "come back in six weeks or you'll be fired" kosher? [/quote]

I wouldn't say it's "kosher" because it's a jerky thing to do, but if it's just a threat there are no damages, so no basis for a legal action.  [/quote]

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