Quote:
Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
If I use racist language in a meeting with three other people and all three go to HR and say I did it, I've lost my job without a trial and if I get two weeks severance, there's pretty much nothing I can do.
|
There has been more or less, an in-office trial. When 3 people go to HR and say you said "X", which we assume for this purpose is a racist remark, proper protocol would be to call a meeting and ask you for your side of the story. Assuming the meeting was only you4, then HR would make an assessment and, if they thought it was likely the other 3 people were telling the truth, you would presumably be fired.
Now, if they read an article in the company newsletter that someone suggested you made a racist remark, you wouldn't be immediately fired. It would likely spur an investigation into what happened, and then a decision would be made, after listening to the evidence. The company newsletter is not, in itself, enough evidence.