Kentucky man who did not want employer to throw birthday party awarded $450K
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Kevin Berling said he suffered a panic attack after learning about the surprise luncheon.

Guy told his job he didn’t want a birthday party because of his anxiety. The company threw him one anyways. Guy had a panic attack. The company fired the worker for his “behavior”. Worker sued and now the company owes him 450K.

  • DragonNest_Aidit [they/them,use name]
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    3 years ago

    So this birthday party is literally just the "company pizza party" meme right? Employer substituting actual benefits or compensation with these stupid (and substantially cheaper) "team building" event?

    • Foolio [any]
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      3 years ago

      In this case, it's likely something the owner does strictly for their own benefit of "making it feel like a family", no pretenses for the employees. Like a sketch from The Office.