Apple faces labor relations charge, OSHA investigation over fired employee
Ex-Apple senior manager Ashley Gjovik's firing is being investigated by the National Labor Relations Board.
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) automatically investigates all complaints it receives, and Gjovik has reportedly filed a case over Apple's firing of her. Should the NLRB investigation support Gjovik's accusation, it will then issue a formal complaint against Apple.
According to Business Insider, Gjovik's filing centers on a charge that Apple used "termination as retaliation."
"Apple can try to rule with an iron fist, but the company is nothing without its employees," Gjovik said to the publication. "They need us. The more we speak up, the more we join together, the more they will have to give, instead of take or threaten."
"I hope my continued fight and the ongoing press coverage around these concerns will force them to do better," she continued. "At the very least, I hope it inspires employees to still speak up."
Separately, Ashley Gjovik has been given approval from Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and California's Department of Fair Employment & Housing to file a private lawsuit against Apple.
Gjovik has also filed an Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) complaint about her office being located on a Superfund site. It too will be investigated.
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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) automatically investigates all complaints it receives, and Gjovik has reportedly filed a case over Apple's firing of her. Should the NLRB investigation support Gjovik's accusation, it will then issue a formal complaint against Apple.
According to Business Insider, Gjovik's filing centers on a charge that Apple used "termination as retaliation."
"Apple can try to rule with an iron fist, but the company is nothing without its employees," Gjovik said to the publication. "They need us. The more we speak up, the more we join together, the more they will have to give, instead of take or threaten."
"I hope my continued fight and the ongoing press coverage around these concerns will force them to do better," she continued. "At the very least, I hope it inspires employees to still speak up."
Separately, Ashley Gjovik has been given approval from Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and California's Department of Fair Employment & Housing to file a private lawsuit against Apple.
Gjovik has also filed an Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) complaint about her office being located on a Superfund site. It too will be investigated.
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You forget the NLRB is probably staffed (or at least managed by, and who hires staff of similar thinking) by political appointees who have the same outlook as this former Apple person.
I doubt Apple would fire any employee, especially one who has no compunctions about running to the press, unless they were 100% sure it was done legally.
this is just a lay kick at the can for this person to imply Apple did something wrong. When the investigation concludes Apple was justified maybe she’ll shut up with her wild accusations, long on rumor and short on fact.
The NLRB and OSHA are completely toothless. So is the EOEC. It's done for PR purposes and civil suit purposes. And I agree..no way Apple fires an employee without going through the proper process. This woman sounds like a huge pain in the ass who broke her NDA/confidentiality and will now try to get a payday and her 15 minutes out of it.
BTW, the prop 65 warning on the door of every building in California generally takes the teeth out of her "superfund" complaint.
You heard? What you heard was that little man who lives inside your head and talks to you.
If even half of what I have read on AI, 9to5 and other similar sites is true any company would fire her.
The sense of entitlement is unreal.
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