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A comment on Governor signs bill requiring California corporate boards to include women. Parent comment

Re:Governor signs bill requiring California corporate boards... by andrewla on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @03:46PM (#18134086)
Technically, no -- the person selected to be fired could not be fired on the sole basis of their gender because they are the same gender as everyone else on the board.
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Re:Governor signs bill requiring California corporate boards... by cphoover on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @04:21PM (#18134466)
On the flip side though the Equal Opportunity Employment act disallows hiring as well as firing based on gender or discrimination thereof.

So if it can be proven that someone has a hiring preference for women over men that is a violation of existing law.

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Re:Governor signs bill requiring California corporate boards... by cowpig on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @03:47PM (#18134101)
..unless there is a woman on the board?
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Re:Governor signs bill requiring California corporate boards... by andrewla on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @04:13PM (#18134381)
That's the technicality -- you only have to fire someone if there are no women on the board, by assumption.
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Re:Governor signs bill requiring California corporate boards... by debacle on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @04:27PM (#18134534)
The way the law is written, if there are 5 people on the board and 1 woman, you need to fire one of the men and add a woman.
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