Re: This doesn't count as linking the NYT, right?

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I saw that and was thrilled.


Posted by: Bostoniangirl | Link to this comment | 01-23-21 7:07 AM
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Yes, that's great.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 01-23-21 7:10 AM
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The Republican plan is lawsuit protection for employers who don't do anything to protect employees.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 01-23-21 7:11 AM
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WaPo: https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/01/22/biden-increase-food-stamps/

"And another asks the Labor Department to make clear that workers who refuse to return to working conditions that could expose them to the coronavirus should be eligible for unemployment insurance."


Posted by: CHETAN R MURTHY | Link to this comment | 01-23-21 7:12 AM
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This seems like a real step in the right direction. Does US law recognise the concept of constructive dismissal? If so, employers in such cases should be open for a suit.


Posted by: Chris Y | Link to this comment | 01-26-21 11:02 AM
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IANAL, but there are lots of different labor laws, state by state. Absent a labor contract, I think constructive dismissal is generally not a useful concept in the US.


Posted by: politicalfootball | Link to this comment | 01-26-21 11:08 AM
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It works in discrimination lawsuits -- if you're treated badly enough it can count as having been fired.


Posted by: LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 01-26-21 11:28 AM
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Another good idea: after raising the minimum wage to $15, index it not to inflation but to median wage!


Posted by: Minivet | Link to this comment | 01-26-21 12:11 PM
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6 You need that Montana asterisk, since we don't have at will employment in the same way other states do.

In our wrongful discharge statute, Montana Code 39-2-903(1) says "Constructive discharge" means the voluntary termination of employment by an employee because of a situation created by an act or omission of the employer which an objective, reasonable person would find so intolerable that voluntary termination is the only reasonable alternative.


Posted by: CharleyCarp | Link to this comment | 01-26-21 12:59 PM
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And anyway, I think most (if not all) state unemployment compensation schemes already include the concept of constructive discharge.


Posted by: CharleyCarp | Link to this comment | 01-26-21 1:26 PM
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But in Mississippi, they still call it Onanism.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 01-26-21 1:28 PM
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Right, that's another context.


Posted by: LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 01-26-21 1:28 PM
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I feel like 11 was perfectly timed.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 01-26-21 1:30 PM
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