Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="oldngray" data-source="post: 2847834" data-attributes="member: 45230">Court Affirms Firing of Employee Who Carried Gun at Work&quot;While it is undisputed that Holly possessed a gun in his vehicle UPS SCS premises--which is gun possession protected under Kentucky law--it is likewise undisputed that he removed the gun from his vehicle and placed it in another employee&#039;s vehicle--which is not gun possession,&quot; the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals said in <a href="http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-6th-circuit/1851289.html" target="_blank">Holly v. UPS Supply Chain Solutions</a>.UPS said it fired Holly for poor performance and violating a company policy against asking a co-worker for a favor on company time. Holly said it was a pretext for his having a gun at work, but the appeals court said it didn&#039;t matter.<a href="http://www.acq5.com/post/court-affirms-firing-of-employee-who-carried-gun-at-work/" target="_blank">Court Affirms Firing of Employee Who Carried Gun at Work | ACQ5</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="oldngray, post: 2847834, member: 45230"] [SIZE=6][B]Court Affirms Firing of Employee Who Carried Gun at Work[/B][/SIZE] "While it is undisputed that Holly possessed a gun in his vehicle UPS SCS premises--which is gun possession protected under Kentucky law--it is likewise undisputed that he removed the gun from his vehicle and placed it in another employee's vehicle--which is not gun possession," the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals said in [URL='http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-6th-circuit/1851289.html'][I]Holly v. UPS Supply Chain Solutions[/I][/URL]. UPS said it fired Holly for poor performance and violating a company policy against asking a co-worker for a favor on company time. Holly said it was a pretext for his having a gun at work, but the appeals court said it didn't matter. [URL="http://www.acq5.com/post/court-affirms-firing-of-employee-who-carried-gun-at-work/"]Court Affirms Firing of Employee Who Carried Gun at Work | ACQ5[/URL] [/QUOTE]

Verification