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Third Reich job comparison grounds for termination, court rules
Published: 19 Jan 11 11:11 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.de/society/20110119-32521.html
Disgruntled employees in Germany who compare conditions at their workplace to the Third Reich can be justifiably fired, according to a Hessian labour court ruling published on Wednesday.
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Before the court, the complainant expressed his opinion once again, saying his employer was a liar and had treated people in such a way that it was like working in “the Third Reich.”
According to the verdict, strong insults made by employees about their employer are grounds for termination. The right to free speech does not extend to verbal assaults on human dignity or defamatory statements, the court said.
Previous insults made by the 47-year-old about the court, which he called “corrupt” and “worse than the communists,” were also taken into account by the judge.
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And the gall to call the court corrupt. Tsk tsk.
you can also be summararily dismissed for racial slurs. So comparison with the devil, ok. But, comparison with, say, taliban is a bit iffy - wouldn't like to try it myself
personnaly, I find it all ok - at least everybody knows what constitutes an insult and most are ok with that from both sides - better than most countries
As for comparing the work place to teh Third Reich, it is funny he can't say that. He may have to have a better wording in any legal argument, but if he can't express his opinion, then where is the freedom to speak? I see more of the same coming, and more oppression, and then people will see that socialism is just another spelling of communism and the all powerful government and teh underpowered people...until the next revolution that will come when people are tired of Beamters taking away their rights.
And isn't it great how most people are ok with the court telling the guy he has no right to express his true opinion? I mean, did his comment cause them harm in selling their product? Did they lose sleep? Will they not be able to look themselves in teh mirror without shuttering? Redonkulous...
Anywhere else you would be locked up with a missing key.
Sure, he can speak his mind, but depending on where, he could be facing libel charges. As an employer, I would fire someone whose attitude was that poor if they said it to me. If I heard about it on Facebook or someother forum, I'd sue for libel.
Likewise, 'freedom of movement' means the government can't tell you where to live or where to travel, but that doesn't mean you can choose not to show up at work, cite freedom of movement and still have a job.
The ruling basically says that a private company can choose to dismiss an employee if they're not happy with him making insulting remarks about the company in public. Common sense, really.
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You said "the enjoyment of Free Speech also comes with the obligation to enjoy the responsibility for your words"
I will say to you, the question is who is to decide what are your responsibilities and what is right or wrong to say.
Obama and the senate has and continues to block immigration reform, and push other federal powers upon the state of Arizona and other states.
In the U.S. these freedoms mean that I can take a driving test in Mandarin in L.A., and any other language in the world. English is not the only national language in law. It also means I can have a child in the U.S. and they are nearly immediately American. The Hispanic population, many of which speak little English, are growing rapidly. Yet the Americans with their own freedoms, amendments, are utterly powerless to stop them.
Another issue in Arizona is stopping illegals for 'stop and checks' of their papers, again these are cited infringements of people's freedoms. Then all the liberals shout 'Racism' because all the illegals are pretty much dark-skinned.
Germany is not going to fall, but the U.S. with its 14 trillion dollars of debt, rapidly growing immigrant population that is not integrating is eventually going to suffocate itself. The American dream is over, the Americans are split in two extreme halves now. Gun-toting Republicans versus the mix of self-destructive Democrats.
Americans must realise this is the 21st Century, guns mean F-all now, and start voting to repeal some of these so-called freedoms that are now destroying the USA.
@ willowsdad ,,I think immigration is one of the major problems, the Europeans brought excellent work ethics and built America, the arrivals of immigrants these last years have brought the fee loaders..and system degenerate abusers.Talk about language change,, habla espanol?
Poor little bus driver.
What exactly is it about the 'establishment history' that fails us?
Having lived in L.A. for the past two years, your ignorance of American constitutional guarantees, government, politics and society is staggering. Do you just watch Fox News all day? Do you ever read a newspaper? Or are you just paid to troll?
Immigration reform was not blocked by Obama, but by the Republicans in the Senate who have filibustered every reform effort, including the "Dream Act." That's because they are indebted to big agribusiness and corporate hospitality interests who prefer to hire undocumented aliens because they don't have to pay them a living wage, provide any benefits for them, and know that they can't complain.
The Arizona immigration law, SB 1070, is unconstitutional on its face because the federal government has the sole authority under the constitution to regulate immigration. It is also violative of federal laws prohibiting racial profiling.
A baby born in the United States by an undocumented mother is automatically an American citizen by virtue of the 14th Amendment, which was ratified immediately following the Civil War.
The 14 or 15 trillion dollars in debt that now saddles the U.S. was created by 8 years of a Republican administration which inherited a surplus, largely by launching two unnecessary wars that weren't paid for and by deregulating the financial industries that led to a global economic meltdown.
What's the use? Go back to watching Sean Hannity and Sarah Palin. With one caveat: visitors to the US such as you should measure your words very carefully when suggesting that Americans relinquish what few constitutional rights they still enjoy.