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Re:No engineer has ever sued because of constructive post-in... by vonseel on Thursday February 06, 2020 @09:46PM (#22262798)
What right does someone have to sue before they’ve been hired, anyways, unless it’s on a discrimination basis (in which this case, it is clearly not)?

Here in Texas, at least, that sort of thing does not seem like something that would ever be a real legal risk. This is a right-to-work state; I figured it’s pretty hard to get sued here.

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Re:No engineer has ever sued because of constructive post-in... by privateSFacct on Thursday February 06, 2020 @11:08PM (#22263147)
Hiring bias litigation is common and expensive in other states.

The advice you will get on HR side is because no binding arb. agreement is in place you are exposed to full litigation efforts including attorney fees.

These can involve disparate effect or implicit bias - which can be difficult to defend against.

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