St. Cloud law firm targeted pro-Trump employees for firing, lawsuit alleges

[dflprincess]

I can sympathize with the guy, but it sounds like he's gone off the deep end and he may be violating state law. Perhaps he can claim he was so traumauized by the Trump administration hs wasn't thinking straight.

https://www.startribune.com/st-cloud-law-firm-targeted-pro-trump-employees-for-firing-lawsuit-alleges/600066259/

A St. Cloud law firm is in turmoil after a round of firings that began with its leader going after employees he believed were supporters of former President Donald Trump, according to a lawsuit filed in Stearns County District Court.

In the wake of the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, when Trump supporters violently stormed the building to prevent congressional certification of Joe Biden's election as president, the suit alleges that Wesley Scott sought to fire employees he believed had made pro-Trump posts on social media.

Scott, president of the Kain & Scott law firm, terminated two employees — and then fired three of his law partners after they told him his actions were violating Minnesota law, according to the legal complaint.

The partners whom Scott fired — William Kain, Margaret Henehan and Kelsey Quarberg — are suing for wrongful termination from the St. Cloud-based law firm that specializes in bankruptcy cases.

On its website, Kain & Scott touts itself as "Minnesota's largest and nicest bankruptcy firm." In addition to St. Cloud, the firm has offices in eight other Minnesota cities including Brainerd, Duluth, Mankato and Rochester, and in the Twin Cities metro, Eagan, Maple Grove, Eden Prairie and Roseville.

The three former partners charge that Scott accused them of planning a "coup" against him, according to the suit.

Quite a bit more at the link.

[brewens]

1. Sounds like cause to me, especially if they think the former guy won. How could he ever trust their

judgment or believe anything they said?

[Ocelot II]

2. It does sound like Scott went too far and most likely violated state law.

It's illegal to fire people for their political beliefs, period, even stupid ones. And I'm actually pretty surprised to learn there is anybody at all in St. Cloud who isn't a rabid Trumper. That's CD #6, basically a cold Alabama.

[ret5hd]

4. I wasn't aware of that...

would that fall under race, creed, religion, national origin, gender, disability, age, or citizenship status?

[Ocelot II]

5. It is, at least under some circumstances.

Minn. Stat. § 10A.36 REPRISALS PROHIBITED; PENALTY.
An individual or association must not engage in economic reprisals or threaten loss of employment or physical coercion against an individual or association because of that individual's or association's political contributions or political activity. This subdivision does not apply to compensation for employment or loss of employment if the political affiliation or viewpoint of the employee is a bona fide occupational qualification of the employment. An individual or association that violates this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

[TomDaisy]

3. such is he beauty of at-will employment, conservatives!

[Ocelot II]

6. That can go both ways.

If people can be fired for being Trump supporters, what's to stop people from being fired for expressing liberal views?

[Fullduplexxx]

7. Being a trump supporter says something about you