Re:California Supreme Court: Transaction is not required to ...
by koheripbal on Monday April 13, 2020 @11:51AM
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An interesting example of this I'll mention that I have personal experience with (I know someone processing these complaints).
In New York City, there is a law against advertising for jobs with gender-specific terms. So the terms "busboy", "waitress", etc... are not permitted - you must use both gendered terms or a gender neutral term.
Some enterprising people decided to file complaints each week against restaurants and bars for their gender-based job postings online. The restaurants and bars would get fined, and the complaintee would be given a portion of the fine.
Some folks are earning a steady income filing these complaints - never having any intention of even applying for any of those jobs.
This practice continues even today - courtesy of the New York City Human Rights Commission. Ironically, the City advertises the number of "actions" against bars and restaurants as a metric that it is doing good in the community.
In New York City, there is a law against advertising for jobs with gender-specific terms. So the terms "busboy", "waitress", etc... are not permitted - you must use both gendered terms or a gender neutral term.
Some enterprising people decided to file complaints each week against restaurants and bars for their gender-based job postings online. The restaurants and bars would get fined, and the complaintee would be given a portion of the fine.
Some folks are earning a steady income filing these complaints - never having any intention of even applying for any of those jobs.
This practice continues even today - courtesy of the New York City Human Rights Commission. Ironically, the City advertises the number of "actions" against bars and restaurants as a metric that it is doing good in the community.