Top management overrode HR's advice about illegal firing

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What would you do if top management came to you with a proposed personnel action that you knew to be discriminatory? Would you take it to the mat if necessary?rnIt's a ticklish situation. And the fallout can be severe, as illustrated by a recent case in South Dakota.rnA dental clinic hired an employee who told her manager days later that she was pregnant. Realizing the woman would be on maternity leave during the busy summer season, the CEO decided to fire her.