phattieg
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Winter Park, FL
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| reply to biggbrother
Re: comcast
said by biggbrother  :I highly doubt it's illegal. This is not a form of discrimination or other violation of basic tenents of the constitution of the Civil Rights Act. Comcast cannot fire someone because they are a Woman/Man, Race, Religion or Disabled, but they have the right to fire an employee they deem to be in violation of their own standards other than those listed above. Only a Union Contract could affect this, but it doesn't sound like there was a union. Besides, this guy was a "contractor". he probably wan't even a regular employee and was paid as a contractor. Comcast could have just discontinued use of his services. First off, contractors don't just say "Hey, let me call Comcast and ask if they need an independant worker." They get hired by a Contractor company. The contractor company is responsible for drug testing, criminal background checks, etc. It is not up to Comcast to check these things, because it's in the agreement made with the contractor company stating the company will perform these duties for new employees. Second of all, it IS against the law to fire someone just for being a suspect. The company's only option would be to suspend the employee with pay, as it's unlawful to treat the person as guilty, unless proven in the court of law. I will say it's very unfortunate for this family's loss, and it does bother me that it happened. My heart goes out to the family who had to experience this unfortunate occurance. 
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RadioDoc
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| "The company's only option would be to suspend the employee with pay"
Which is what any responsible company would do if a customer-facing employee--especially one who enters private homes unsupervised under the badge of the company--was a suspect in a murder investigation.
Someone dropped a large ball here, and Comcast bears some blame along with the contractor. The case cited here is the second murder.
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jsinaiko
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join:2001-04-25
Chicago, IL
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1 edit | Right you are Doc.
Both Comcast and Primer (or is it Prime?) were told by the CPD that the guy was a suspect.
The other thing is that the Illinois State Police Lab screwed up big-time too. It took weeks and weeks to get the DNA results from what is a capital case - it should have taken a few days.
I know a lot of women in my neighborhood who were scared #$%!less for weeks before the guy was busted for the other murder, out by Midway Airport. If the state lab and/or Comcrap/primer had practiced anything close to due diligence one woman might still be alive and the guy would have been busted much earlier for the Hyde Park murder. We have enough crime in this part of the city without the cable guy acting like a creep in a bad hacker (pun intended) flick!
These cable outfits are the worst.
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phattieg
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Winter Park, FL
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| said by jsinaiko :Right you are Doc. Both Comcast and Primer (or is it Prime?) were told by the CPD that the guy was a suspect. The other thing is that the Illinois State Police Lab screwed up big-time too. It took weeks and weeks to get the DNA results from what is a capital case - it should have taken a few days. I know a lot of women in my neighborhood who were scared #$%!less for weeks before the guy was busted for the other murder, out by Midway Airport. If the state lab and/or Comcrap/primer had practiced anything close to due diligence one woman might still be alive and the guy would have been busted much earlier for the Hyde Park murder. We have enough crime in this part of the city without the cable guy acting like a creep in a bad hacker (pun intended) flick! These cable outfits are the worst. Well, how about you and Mr. Radio Doc take em to court and sue to find out. Comcast isn't going to have to answer to anything this guy did. He simply is NOT A COMCAST EMPLOYEE. Show me something that says otherwise, and I'll agree with you, but until then, the courts will answer this argument.
And as far as the cable outfits being the worse, this kind of crap could happen with anyone. Look at the Postal service, which is government ran, and think of how many postal workers have gone nuts and went on killing sprees. I won't waste text pointing out other companys employees who didn't deserve their jobs. If you want to blame someone, blame the crime lab for not proving the guy guilty BEFORE this happened, or at least detained him. If you're suspected for murder, they have the right to hold you. You can't deny the fact the guy should have been jailed before this all happened. Their was not enough evidence to support either the police taking the guy, nor the employer "legally" being able to force him out of work.
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jsinaiko
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Chicago, IL
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| Well, there are so many murderers and jerks in Flori-duh maybe you guys are just used to it.
You stay in your little country and we'll live in the rest of the world.
Your attitude is inappropriate.
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