"just a little too touchy feely"

Being in a protected class, and certain other situations, can slow down a termination, and occasionally halt the process for years while an effective case for termination is made. Wrongful dismissal suits are too easy, as the onus for fair treatment most often falls on the employer and the employee is absolved of…

You're spot on and I wouldn't suggest they force him to quit. My suggestions don't include reducing his hours, more a changing of work allocation to minimize potential exposure while a proper case is built for termination.

If the employee were in a protected class, there are still methods they could use to minimize the potential harms. Working a late shift, scheduling the employee for desk duties only, and never having that employee alone on shift all come to mind, but I'm sure there're more.

Any number of them, actually. I've seen employees with drinking and drug problems accost other employees, and the condition prevents immediate firing. Could be the employee in question is mentally disabled and working under a special ADA program that requires more processes for firing with cause.

Any number of them, actually. I've seen employees with drinking and drug problems accost other employees, and the condition prevents immediate firing. Could be the employee in question is mentally disabled and working under a special ADA program that requires more processes for firing with cause.

Any number of them, actually. I've seen employees with drinking and drug problems accost other employees, and the condition prevents immediate firing. Could be the employee in question is mentally disabled and working under a special ADA program that requires more processes for firing with cause.

Getting the police involved would be worth her time.

Forgive me, I didn't read everything; instead, my brain wondered what's wrong with an immediate "I'm sorry to hear that - if you need an ear..."

Here's the scenario:

She's already napping in the back seat, so he quietly pulls into the gas station, gets out and starts to fuel the minivan. The lack of motion wakes her, she exits to use the loo. He gets in the driver seat, still being quiet and pulls away.

Small difference in relating the tale - this from Gawker (via AP) yesterday:

The brilliant mind without coffee is just, meh - "wouldn't" shouldn't be in the first paragraph of my comment.

Only if you're in Quebec, and only sometimes, even then. In much of the rest of Canada - especially the western provinces - true bilingualism doesn't exist.

My NSW friends have read me chapter and verse on Dear Mr. Abbott. Manipulative scoundrel seems inadequate. Given Oz is the only other place I'd love to live, I'm kinda screwed. ;)

I'd have to question what size human was on the bicycle, and just how they managed to stay on it long enough to get in front of any car, let alone an IQ.

I'm dating myself here, but my Maverick's inline six was an unrefined lump, rough and rumbly at the best of times (freshly maintained and tuned) when compared to the four-pot lump in my most recent vehicle, a Yaris. (I needed a cheap appliance.)

I'm sure Fox has already sent him a job invitation.

This, yes.

My only experiences with AC have been positive: smooth and uneventful flights, courteous service on the ground and in the air, and only one baggage issue that was sorted quickly (for a friend, not myself.)

It's truly sad - I want to give AC the benefit of the doubt, but this is a dog. Someone's four-legged family. They f'd up royally. And politics is politics, the world over: we're less violent than many, and more insulting than some.