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Re:At Google, an Employee-Run Email List Tracks Harassment a... by tehlike on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @10:31AM (#14401482)
"What's wrong with simply firing people who are implicated in harassment and possibly reporting them to law enforcement?"

on what evidence/grounds?

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Re:At Google, an Employee-Run Email List Tracks Harassment a... by trevyn on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @11:23AM (#14402000)
None needed, California is an "at-will" employment state -- you can be fired for any legal reason or none at all.
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Re:At Google, an Employee-Run Email List Tracks Harassment a... by icc97 on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @11:37AM (#14402108)
From what I understand from my sister who's a lawyer at a tech firm in LA, firing people in California is harder than firing people in the UK.
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Re:At Google, an Employee-Run Email List Tracks Harassment a... by tehlike on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @02:35PM (#14403907)
that's my point. without evidence, firing people for "sexual harrasment" just opens up can of worms.
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