[Superman]

When I was working at our local labor department, we would occasionally get calls from workers who felt they were wrongfully discharged. We told them that if they have evidence they were discharged for racial reasons, or religion or that sort of thing, to call the Human Rights Office. But.....it is rare that employers leave this kind of evidence behind, even when this is the reason for discharge.

If the discharge was for reasons other than this (a human rights violation), then the worker was SOL. The reason is because, legally, jobs are the property of the business owner or manager, and they can hire and fire for any reason whatsoever (other than human rights considerations). So......if an employer walks into the shop one morning and says he no longer likes moustaches and all moustachioed workers are now terminated, that is not a violation of employment law. Obviously, a termination for poor performance is even more justified.

Okay, yeah, I know about unions. And I know about Affirmative Action, etc. But again, as long as an employer does not announce that someone is being terminated because they are Jewish, or Black, and as long as there is no union to raise questions, the termination is righteous. Lawful.