Ethics Clause in Job Contract

Orleander

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Considering he has a clause in his contract that says he can be fired with a majority vote, I don't see how he could sue. But that's not what I'm wondering.
Is it unethical to fire someone for a spouse's job as long as its legal employment. What is the spouse has an illegal job (like being a drug dealer)



Town manager fired over marriage to porn star


MIAMI - A town manager who married a porn star last year was fired at an emergency meeting after the mayor and council members learned about it.

Fort Myers Beach town council voted 5-0 to fire Scott Janke "without cause" after Mayor Larry Kiker called the Tuesday night meeting.

Kiker said he learned that afternoon that Janke's wife is an adult film star, and the elected officials took the action a few hours later.

"At no time did we make a judgment call on the activities of Mr. Janke or his wife," Kiker told The Associated Press. "It's a matter of how effective he becomes after this situation. How much disruption there is."

Adult Industry News recently reported that Janke's wife, Anabela Mota Janke, goes by the stage name Jazella Moore.

Kiker said a clause in Janke's contract permitted the council to fire him with a majority vote. He said he considers the Jankes friends.

"Our heads are held high," Scott Janke said. "We have nothing to be embarrassed about. We've done nothing wrong."

Janke said the mayor called him before the meeting, but didn't invite him to attend. He said Kiker called after the meeting to tell him the outcome, and Janke said he hasn't heard from him or any council member since. Janke will get a severance package worth six months salary, which comes to about $50,000, plus health benefits.

Janke said he and his wife were married in October and are taking care of their three teenage children. He wouldn't comment on any possible legal action against the town....
 
Janke will get a severance package worth six months salary, which comes to about $50,000, plus health benefits.

Not bad, plus he might need those health benefits LOL.

It's still unbelievable that we are in 2009 and we are still so freaked out about sex. When will the guilt trip end.

It appears they could fire him for almost any reason with a majority vote. So he shouldn't be suprised.

I don't think it is right, I think it's chickensh8t on the their part in fact.

She is not doing anything illegal right ? So it's purely a judgement call by them.

Mayor Larry Kiker probably went home that night, dressed up like a woman and jerked to some bizarre porn.
 
Firing people without cause is risky business if they can afford a lawyer, even if it is in the contract. In particular there doesn't seem to have actually been anything disruptive happening, it was just them freaking out at the thought of her being in their porn collection.

Of course if you are poor or middle class then they can treat you like dirt.
 
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