Teacher fired for porn work not allowed to return to classroom

[newest_gloss]

An Oxnard middle school teacher’s bid to return to the classroom after she was fired for appearing in pornographic films has been struck down by the state Office of Administrative Hearings

Comments

[labelleizzy]

no, I think she will have to legally change her name, though.

so much fucking hypocrisy.

[grimmerlove]

Not only are you usually supposed to disclose previous aliases on job applications/during the interview process, but if you have a name change in a state like mine where most (if not all) court cases are publically available online, I'm not sure even that would do much good. Not to mention that she could still get heat for being "dishonest". It's really unfortunate.

[fm_gatekeeper]

Not only are you usually supposed to disclose previous aliases on job applications/during the interview process...

Really? I know a lot of trans people (myself included) who don't disclose that sort of information, and I haven't heard of very many problems with that weren't related to them being trans (rather than them getting a name change). Is this just a thing in the teaching profession, or what?

[kalijean]

I'm currently jobseeking as a receptionist, and most applications ask if I've ever worked under another name, and ask for it if I have. (My maiden, in this case.)

[amyura]

In my state (I'm in MA), it would be, because everyone who works with minors (and possibly all public employees as well, not sure, because I'm covered either way), has to have a criminal background check.

Of course, I think we are also the only state in the nation to have passed a transgendered persons rights bill, so a public employer would be prohibited from discriminating on the basis of gender status, and there may be some name-change protection there.

[grimmerlove]

Sorry, bad phrasing on my part. I meant that many job applications request any names the job seeker has gone by in the past. I have no idea what the penalty is (if there is one) for not disclosing, though.

[moonshaz]

Most job applications (the ones I've filled out anyway) require you to sign a statement to the effect that every scrap of information you have provided is 100% true and if it's not, you can be fired immediately.

I'm not sure how often this sort of threat is actually carried out (and of course, they would have to somehow find out that you provided untrue information), and I'm also not sure if or to what extent this kind of policy is legally contestable, but that's what they usually SAY, ime. :|

[edited for (hopefully) improved clarity]