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Re:Google says its sex misconduct policy change doesn't appl... by esquivalience on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @01:38PM (#18496388)
It's very rare for new rules to apply retroactively — why is this surprising?

Google isn't a legislator but its policies do affect many people. For example, in the context of laws, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex_post_facto_law

"In the United States, Congress is prohibited from passing ex post facto laws by clause 3 of Article I, Section 9 of the United States Constitution. The states are prohibited from passing ex post facto laws by clause 1 of Article I, Section 10. [...] Thomas Jefferson described them as "equally unjust in civil as in criminal cases"."

(To be fair, the article cites exceptions)

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Re:Google says its sex misconduct policy change doesn't appl... by starbeast on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @04:46PM (#18498081)
>It's very rare for new rules to apply retroactively — why is this surprising?

Surely you would only be applying rules retroactively if you were engaged in reopening finished arbitration?

Cancelling a current process that is still in open session, on the basis that you have already publicly agreed that employees being forced into that process is unfair, is not being retrospective.

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