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Peter Haskell steps down from WCBS-AM

I knew his voice was "different" than most other's and wondered if he had some sort of disability but I still enjoyed listening to his news stories. Good luck in future endeavours.
 
It's become notably more of a struggle the last few years. Incredibly supportive of WCBS management to keep him on the air for as long as they did.
 
KMan said:
It's become notably more of a struggle the last few years. Incredibly supportive of WCBS management to keep him on the air for as long as they did.
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The man has a disorder, he can't help it. Why wouldn't they keep him on the air?! That's discriminatory if they didn't.
 
MVB13 said:
The man has a disorder, he can't help it. Why wouldn't they keep him on the air?! That's discriminatory if they didn't.
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An airline pilot is losing his eyesight, he can't help it. Why wouldn't they keep him in the air? That's discriminatory if they didn't.
 
Just as a point of reference: Mr. Haskell has spasmodic dysphonia, the same condition as longtime NPR host Diane Rehm.

There is no law that a company must continue to employ people who can't perform the work to whatever standard the company sets. For example, if an employee had a stroke and could no longer speak clearly, a radio station would be able to let that person go.

Accommodations can be required for disabilities that don't affect the employee's productivity. As an example, if an employee used certain medications requiring refrigeration, an employer might be expected to provide a refrigerator at that employee's usual place of work.
 
PTBoardOp94 said:
Just as a point of reference: Mr. Haskell has spasmodic dysphonia, the same condition as longtime NPR host Diane Rehm.

There is no law that a company must continue to employ people who can't perform the work to whatever standard the company sets. For example, if an employee had a stroke and could no longer speak clearly, a radio station would be able to let that person go.

Accommodations can be required for disabilities that don't affect the employee's productivity. As an example, if an employee used certain medications requiring refrigeration, an employer might be expected to provide a refrigerator at that employee's usual place of work.
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Mark Knoller, long time WH correspondent basically thrashed his voice and disappeared from the airwaves. CBS kept him on the payroll working essentially as a twitter correspondent + producing for nearly a decade before finally laying him off.
 
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