I know some people sue over anything but this is ridiculous...

[Mskanga]

DH works for a company and does all the hiring and firing , last week he hired a guy who did not seem too happy with the job the first day , the guy kept telling to one other guy that he has another interview for another job and that he didn't know if he wanted to stay with dh's company.
Of course this guy told dh and then dh had a conversation with the guy , the guy told him that he didn't think this was the job for him and left.
Today dh gets a phone call from the owner of the company, they just got a phone call from the guy's lawyer , he's suing for discrimination, he claims dh asked him for his age that day! He's suing the company AND my dh.
DH says he never asked him for his age , that he knew by his looks he was in his 30's but nothing else.
Some people will use any excuse to sue anyone but this is ridiculous, the guy walked out on his own and there are people who witnessed that!

 

[jamsmom]

And a lawyer actually would take a case as stupid as this?

 

[Mskanga]

He probably took it because he must have lied to him. I don't know where this is going to go, probably nowhere.

 

[Steve H.]

The guy probably got denied unemployment comp (since he quit and wasn't fired), so he had to change his story.

 

[Mskanga]

Steve , the guy didn't work there one day, only a few hours.

 

[mowsie dreamer]

This sounds like a guy who was looking for a way to sue to begin with. Steve is probably right, the guy probably quit another job before coming to your DH's company and his "plan" was to get fired quickly so he could collect unemployment from the first job. He decided to "manufacture" the discrimination complaint so he could avoid working even one day! Jeez, some people!

It sounds like he doesn't have a leg to stand on to me. I can't imagine a judge would think a company would age discriminate against a 30 something year old.

 

[FOJMO]

I would think even if your DH did ask him his age, if he asked him in the interview, before he was hired, THAT would be discrimination. But, if he was already hired, and on the job (even just for a few hours), how is that discrimination to ask someone's age?

 

[TIGGERSMOM]

I would love to know what he told the lawyer who took the case. I am sure it was a wonderful tale.

Unfortunately because her husband does the hiring & firing it puts him in the awkward position of not being able to ask those questions, and I am not even thinking he actually did. A general coworker could but the personnel director or human resources are not supposed to.

 

[philaround]

Is this lawyer the guy's bil?

 

[Mskanga]

Originally posted by philaround
Is this lawyer the guy's bil?

I wondered the same question too, for all we know it could be his brother. I also wonder about the story he must have told him.