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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by deong on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @02:12AM (#14954917)
(1) It's not illegal to fire someone for their politics (it's not one of the enumerated protected classes under federal employment laws anti-discrimination law at least), and (2) it's not "clearly" what happened here -- arguably sure, but there are other ways to see it.
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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by gkop on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @03:41AM (#14955427)
In fact regarding (1) CA state law adds a protected class "Political activities or affiliations", http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/california-employment...
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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by weberc2 on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @08:43AM (#14957192)
Oh shit. You're right; I thought for sure I read otherwise. My mistake. As my sibling commenter notes, it is apparently illegal in CA.
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