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Many Life Inc. readers were outraged by a post this week about 14 employees at a Florida law firm who said they were terminated because they were wearing orange shirts.
Some employees told the Sun-Sentinel that management saw the shirts as a sign of protest, but that they really wore the shirts because they wanted to match at a happy hour gathering. The law firm declined comment.
“This whole thing is ridiculous. Another thought - how many men showed up wearing white button down shirts and a blue tie? Hm? Fire them! It's a conspiracy!” one reader wrote.
Still, some argued that, like it or not, employers can control who they pay.
“Although I think getting rid of all of them was wrong, employers have rights too. They have the right to like or dislike what their employees say, think, and what they do on the job … and yes... they don't have to like everyone wearing orange,” one reader wrote.
It’s tax season, which for some people means refunds -- and for others means the nightmare of dealing with identity theft tax fraud.
The IRS commissioner said this week that the average refund being handed out so far this tax season is about $3,000. About one-quarter of our readers said they expected to receive that much, or more, back from the government.
But most were expecting to see less, if they were getting a refund at all.
Still, many readers said they’d rather give then receive, when it comes to the IRS anyway.
“I would much rather pay than let the IRS keep my money interest free for a year,” one reader wrote.
Doing your taxes is always a pain, but it can be a nightmare for people who were victims of identity theft tax fraud. That's when someone files a bogus return using your information and collects a fake refund.
A story this week on the months of frustrations some people have gone through to get their identity theft problems resolved prompted a lot of outrage, and a lot of sympathy.
“The more I read, the worst I felt for the victims. It's like a nightmare that goes on and on!” one reader wrote.
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I think that this is beyond ridiculous on both parties part. First of all. the firm's actions were extreme and I would like to point out, that there are a lot more people that will probably only be able to see one side of this - not the firm's. But, having said that, the employees should be able to wear one shirt one day - big deal with all the other things that's going on down there anyway, but next time, take the shirt with you and when you leave your job and "protest" and "exercise your rights to stand up for yourselves" go back to work the next day - and make sure that you tell a bunch of lawyers that!
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Nowhere near enough info on the "orange shirt" episode to cast judgement. Were the "employees" associates?, paralegals / clerks? Did the color not meet the dress code? To be terminated over a "wardrobe malfunction" seems a bit extreme.