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cwthree t1_ja1ble5 wrote

Let's say the employee hadgone ahead without payment. Then, we'd be reading about the heroic employee who bucked policy to save a kid, only to be fired by the company for failing to follow policy.

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Nytelock1 t1_ja1vm2y wrote

More likely the software they use prevented the employee from even having a choice

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I-do-the-art t1_ja2lii2 wrote

Believe it or not, still fired

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MicroSofty88 t1_ja4ba00 wrote

If you were fired in that scenario I think you could easily sue the employer or at the very least publicly bash them to get your job back. It would be a huge PR liability.

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12altoids34 t1_ja78e4f wrote

No, because they screwed up. There is a procedure in place to assist emergency workers and for whatever reason either the agent that they were talking with didn't know about it or was misinformed.

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