Just because I dismiss a worker does this make me racist if he is black?
As soon as I dismissed him he claimed that he had been racially abused by myself and the other workers.
Race or Religon wher not issues when he was given a job so why should they be an issue when he was dissmissed. I will think very long and hard before I choose my next employee.
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If the man did not want to earn his pay he should have gone and applied for welfare instead of a J.O.B. You did the thing that needed doing.
He would have to have proof of this abuse. Also, if you hire a minority to replace him, his argument would lose alot of merit.
It is unfortunate that some people regard their race is a shield against job performance review. You are not a racist - he is.
if he was not doing the job and you kept him on that would be racist - keeping him because of his colour. if you fired him for the reasons you state then you have nothing to worry about. sorry that it's affecting your judgement on employing other people though.
As long as you have a good reason to dismiss him there should be no problem. He probably just saw it as you were picking on him and not the "white man". And no it does not make you racist as long as you didn't shout racial slurs at him.
I don`t blame you. Some of them pull the racist card out whenever something doesn`t suit them. Why can`t they see things for what they really are? They don`t know what they`re really doing by dealing with situations in this way.
Had an identical problem. As you as someone is dismissed it is like they cannot accept they are wrong and try to make it right for next time, they have to find something else to blame it on.
Our ex-employee tried to take us to Tribunal but it was thrown out as being ridiculous.
If we were racist why would we employ them in the first place.
Good luck
no, it makes you a skilled employer.
Fire him and don't hire anyone on the protected list. This way if you run into this issue again, you can do your job without problems. This crap is just part of the reason so many companies are going overseas. I hate the idea of how much freedom we have lost because we have to be PC even when someone else is not pulling their weight.
no you are not racist at all, people use this as an excuse sometimes to hide the fact that they are not up to the job it's not a problem and offer a tribunal in fact instigate it first it tends to throw those who are trying to pull the racist card unwarranted on the back foot . but do not hestitae to be biased in you choice of another employee cos not everybody is like that you know!
Of course it doesn't mean you are racist! Like you say, you took him on, well you wouldn't have if you were racist. There are good and bad in ALL races.
We all have to be very careful about ensuring our workforce is treated fairly, no matter what race/religion/sex/sexual preference/family responsibilities/etc. they may have. It's complicated.
The BEST thing to do is to DOCUMENT every time there are any incidents. That way if you are ever called into a tribunal you can refer to those documents. Say what your expectations were and why that person did not meet those expectations.
Treat all workers the same and give them objectives and criteria that will let you know if they've met those objectives. And document, document, document. It could save you a lot of legal fees in the long run.
Thats called pulling the race card, you see although many african americans think they do not have the same rights as some people, they actually have specail rights. My dad can only fire his white employies because of that, if he wants to fire an african american or a mexican employe he useaully ends up going to court. People have been laid off because many companys have to make room for minoritys to be a part of it. The race card is a cruch. If i had an african american boss and he fired me could i say its because im white, or what if i wanted to start a white college fund or celebrate white history mounth, would i be races. African americans have black college funds and black history mounth. But no i would be races if i did any of that.
You don't sound like a racist to me. No matter what color your skin is if you don't pull your load it will only made it harder on the other employees. It's good you got rid of the bully.
no that doesnt mean you r racist.. that person just using racism...and he need to prove it...
you need to document what he was doing on the job. this way if he tries taking it to court you have your documents to back you up. get other people to fill out a statement what the man was doing that was agents company rules.
It just take one bad apple - doesn't it...but these days it seems to be an easy Kop out to get some Compensation...as soon as the word Racist & Discrimation is used ..Courts & Tribunuals duck for cover.and write the cheque out...without even hearing the employers side of the story. Its a pity it has come to this, but I would tend not to hire any Coloured people -- Because it would only cause problems..In Glasgow we have enough problems with Catholic V Protestant .issues . so it is not me being racist - I am just not in control of the other staffs feelings & views.. which they have their opinion to have - and those sarcastic views seem to upset ethnic minorities..
Unfortunately, playing the old "race" card has become the SCAPEGOAT for EVERY race except the white race!!!! It's RIDICULOUS that people use this EXCUSE to try and justify their inappropriate behavior!!!
So, if it was this guys work ethics and NOT his "color" or "race", then NO you are not a racist!!!
That word is just used WAY too much!!!
this may sound daft to you but I'd replace him with someone of a similar culture! That would show that you and the co-workers weren't racist!
He has to prove that the abuse took place.
You can't be seen as racist as you gave him the job in the first place and you were pleased with his work at first.
Has he gone as far as taking it to a tribunal? If not I wouldn't worry about it!
No, I don't know what to call my self any more because i am an American who's skin is brown, i do not represent what most people call black. But i know a lot of people yelling that race stuff out of anger.
From a Human Resources point of view, he is grasping at straws. But when an employee is dismissed, they always want to blame the company.
You did nothing wrong by what you have shared with us. You let an employee free to explore other employment opportunities due to a failure to cooperate with company processes. He didn't care to engage in the assigned work, as did the other employees. He took charge without BEING in charge.
As for crying racism, don't let that ever bother you. It is cried all the time, wrongfully most of the time. If he really wanted to work there, he would have followed the rules and completed the assigned work, wouldn't he? But he DIDN'T want to WORK with you and the others.
You are safe and in the right, let him cry all he wants. Your staff will support you just by declaring the truth. Let that "sour grapes" employee go off and try to make "wine" somewhere else.
That's a problem so many employers face. You have to be fair yet anytime you try and do proper enforcement of any of your regulations.......it simply can't be because they aren't doing their job.....it has to be because of their race. I've worked with many who were exceptional employees. And others who wouldn't do a darn thing with an attitude of "go ahead....just try and get rid of me." We actually had one try and play the race card because she was warned and warned and warned about not being able to wear her fuzzy house slippers to work. It was a big box store. She was on the floor so it wasn't like she was standing behind a register. It's against the health and safety policies. They told her if she had foot problems or something....get a note from the Dr. explaining why slippers were the only footwear she could wear.....something. But no. She didn't win.....but it just goes to show how basic safety rules can turn into the race card. Sad.
Of course you are not a racist, you employed him in the first place, he wasn't performing, disrupting the functioning of your company, so you sacked him. NO PROBLEM!
It's common practice for coloured people to claim racism for the slightest reason, I'm of Indian origin,I was born in the UK and worked till my retirement, and never faced any harassment. I just did my job to the best of my ability, my colleagues and bosses were 'colour blind!
Don't worry.
Sadly, many people will blame their lack of ambition and work on other people and not own up to the fact that their own actions led to their dismissal. Racial prejudice is a convenient excuse for them.
It doesn't sound like his dismissal was based on the color of his skin, rather than his work performance... Best of luck to you.
let see, you learned something, you can't say it loud, cause we don't have freedom of speech, but I bet you will not.............. and you're right about it. just keep it to yourself, them motherf***ers get you in trouble and steal from you
No if you are sacking him because he is not performing up to standard thats just the way you would treat any employee, regardless of colour.
If someone tries to play "the race card" and claim their dismissal was race related then let him go to a tribunal - he'll soon be exposed as a liar when he has no proof of this "racial abuse" to show the judge.
no that is not racist. just like it is not racist if a white cop shoots a black criminal.....If it is warranted then it has nothing to do with race!!!!
you had every right to dismiss this person. if he was a white guy you would of done the same thing. the sad part of it is they use that for the sake that they can. a white person cant use that what so every. he done wrong and wrong was wrong. there may of been some co-workers that might of said something to him , but you also don't know what he may have said to him first and they have every right to defend there self. and if he wants to say if you were being racist then why did you hire him in the first place. i feel sure you have other non- whites that work there to start with. he just wants to use the whole race as a issue to get something out of it. since they he knew he done wrong. so why not use it to keep a job. so do you have any written warnings that you gave to this guy? normally it's a verbal one first. which they still sign the paper and then it's 2 or 3 written then your out on the street. which they also sign all of them. so if you don't have any thing like that then you maybe be in the wrong. and you really don't know how someone is going to be until after the fact. next time call the references to find out how they really are.
Now you will lose your company,It doesn't matter if you are a racist or not you fired a black guy so you are guilty of racism.
Blacks will also accuse you of racism whatever you do to them. It is never their fault. Make sure you can prove what you say. Learn your lesson and do not employ outside your race if you have a choice.
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