Comment by PenguinCoder
3 years ago
Why does it matter what they or any employee was doing in personal time anyway? So what, they have social media presence. A claim by the company that the employee was fired for _having_ a TikTok is still over the line. It's not their goddamn business.
The difference is it legal to fire someone for using TikTok. It’s just not believable, which makes it clear that the firing was illegal (discussing wages is one of the few things you can’t be fired for).
I have heard about cases where uneven application of policy is seen as discrimination. I wonder if they now have to fire anyone else they learn has a TikTok account.
"At-will" means at will, unless you're being fired for being a member of a protected class. TikTok users are not a protected class. You can be fired for wearing ugly shoes, chewing too loud, or because it amused the boss on an overcast Thursday morning.
edit: so maybe, I guess, to defend against the argument that they were fired for salary disclosure?
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