Senate Unanimously Approves a Bill to Make Juneteenth a Public Holiday

Re:Senate Unanimously Approves a Bill to Make Juneteenth a P... by verst on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @07:18PM (#27522874)

Replying to my sibling comment from @paxys:

True, though Juneteenth may be different here. It could be considered the most basic signal of whether a company cares about Diversity & Inclusion. Of course this itself would be meaningless, but perhaps eventually the lack of this holiday may say something about that employer.

P.S.: The big tech company I work for has more federal holidays off, but Columbus Day and Veterans Day are not among them.

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Re:Senate Unanimously Approves a Bill to Make Juneteenth a P... by ojbyrne on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @08:02PM (#27523190)

I'm actually kind of shocked, but there are plenty of companies that don't give MLK day off. So those companies are probably not going to do Juneteenth.

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Re:Senate Unanimously Approves a Bill to Make Juneteenth a P... by ralusek on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @08:50PM (#27523606)

If I had a private company, I would put 0 emphasis on diversity and inclusion beyond "if you discriminate on the basis of sex or race, you are fired." I would, however, have Juneteenth off as a holiday.

So, please consider me a data point of 1 which does not fit your paradigm.

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