Philadelphia Poised to Ban Employers from Asking Hires About Salary History

Re:Philadelphia Poised to Ban Employers from Asking Hires Ab... by literallycancer on Sunday January 22, 2017 @09:05AM (#13455224)

>1) My point above was that the legal analysts said that the new corporate free speech rights, which the Supreme Court said were Constitutional rights (if I understand correctly), might invalidate those laws.

But then why aren't individuals using this as a defense already?, they have had the free speech rights for much longer.

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Re:Philadelphia Poised to Ban Employers from Asking Hires Ab... by hackuser on Sunday January 22, 2017 @04:10PM (#13457495)

> why aren't individuals using this as a defense already?, they have had the free speech rights for much longer.

I don't think individuals are regulated by the SEC, for example. Usually it's corporations that are. What are you thinking of?

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Re:Philadelphia Poised to Ban Employers from Asking Hires Ab... by literallycancer on Sunday January 22, 2017 @07:02PM (#13458551)

Basically, if a corporation can say/do things, and then claim it's just their expression and so protected under the First Amendment, shouldn't individuals be able to do the same?

In general, not necessarily in finance; but surely there are fields where certified professionals are liable when something goes wrong based on their advice or decisions (say, accounting or civil engineering).

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