It was a settlement, meaning he must have decided this was the best he was going to get, or it wasn't worth it to fight for years to get more.
The college probably viewed $185k as a screaming deal, considering they were going to be on the hook for thousands in legal fees even if they won, and they stood a good chance of having to pay for both lawyers plus a much larger award and the negative press from losing a wrongful termination suit.
In addition to the $185,000, the agreement includes St. Philip's College writing a neutral job letter of recommendation for Moravits.
You generally get this anyway, as former employers don't want to be forced to prove everything they said about you if you end up not getting a job based on their recommendation. I would have demanded that the recommendation letter be glowingly positive or the deal was off.
That's true, and unfortunately it would be true even if he had won a huge judgment against them and they were officially on record as illegally discriminating against him.
The simple fact that he was fired and involved in a lawsuit would scare off most employers.
I wonder why he didn't want to go all the way, especially when the incident happened in front of a room full of people who gave affidavits same the girl was lying.
I think 1 to 2 years salary would be the minimum award he would have gotten, as they've damaged his earning potential for the rest of his life.
Bret Winestine was pretty frank about his settlement with Evergreen State College. He was absolutely in the right and had the receipts. It would have taken five years and a huge bankroll to prove it in court.
He and his wife (a fellow professor) took the settlement because it was a good start on switching to another career. It should have been two or three times as much, but they were not going to get it soon enough to be relevant.
For the record, I think Bret is a douche. He immediately moved to Portland and then launched a Youtube career by making a bunch of stupid comments about the election. If you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas.
It was a settlement, meaning he must have decided this was the best he was going to get, or it wasn't worth it to fight for years to get more.
The college probably viewed $185k as a screaming deal, considering they were going to be on the hook for thousands in legal fees even if they won, and they stood a good chance of having to pay for both lawyers plus a much larger award and the negative press from losing a wrongful termination suit.
You generally get this anyway, as former employers don't want to be forced to prove everything they said about you if you end up not getting a job based on their recommendation. I would have demanded that the recommendation letter be glowingly positive or the deal was off.
He'll be lucky to find another job at a college/university level.
Any prospective employer will google his name and we all know what HR is like.
That's true, and unfortunately it would be true even if he had won a huge judgment against them and they were officially on record as illegally discriminating against him.
The simple fact that he was fired and involved in a lawsuit would scare off most employers.
I wonder why he didn't want to go all the way, especially when the incident happened in front of a room full of people who gave affidavits same the girl was lying.
I think 1 to 2 years salary would be the minimum award he would have gotten, as they've damaged his earning potential for the rest of his life.
Bret Winestine was pretty frank about his settlement with Evergreen State College. He was absolutely in the right and had the receipts. It would have taken five years and a huge bankroll to prove it in court.
He and his wife (a fellow professor) took the settlement because it was a good start on switching to another career. It should have been two or three times as much, but they were not going to get it soon enough to be relevant.
For the record, I think Bret is a douche. He immediately moved to Portland and then launched a Youtube career by making a bunch of stupid comments about the election. If you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas.
Perhaps the settlement included tenure or something?