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You Can Still Fire Poorly Performing Employees, Says Second Circuit

Posted in Discrimination & Harassment, Litigation

An oft-repeated and only sometimes rhetorical question of employers is: I have an employee that is not meeting performance expectations. I can still fire them, right?  A recent Second Circuit case strongly suggests the answer to that question: Yes.  In Chukwurah v. Stop & Shop Supermarkets (Nov. 25, 2009), an employee appealed a District of… Continue Reading