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You’ve been tasked with defining a new area of criminal law called “economic and financial violence,” and creating laws to prevent it. What actions would you try to criminalize? (lemmy.world)
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For example: private equity firms buying trailer parks and raising rents so high that people go bankrupt

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[–] 1 point 2 weeks ago (3 children)

And then you get fired.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    If get fired directly after contacting the labor board, you have the oh-so-rare, slam dunk, wrongful termination suit. If the employer is that dumb, eat their fucking lunch. (Of our few dumbshit payroll clients, I can only think of one that would try that.)

    OR, simply cower, accept whatever they do to you, and come to lemmy to scream about cAPitAlISm.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    It's hard to prove wrongful termination when the employer can terminate for almost any reason or none at all.

    I'm not saying you're wrong, just that it's really easy for businesses to get away with exploiting labor, and it's comparatively hard for individuals to do anything about it.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago

    True! Intent is hella hard to prove. But termination directly following a labor board complaint, without any previous documentation of issues would be a bad spot for the employer. They're also going to be stepping lightly because they now know you have your shit together and can't be walked all over. They'd find a way to eventually fire you, but not on the spot.

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