Re:A religious sect landed Google in a lawsuit
by InefficientRed on Friday June 17, 2022 @10:15AM
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> Of course, in many firms, employment is entirely "at will," and subject to employers' most capricious whims. This is not a good thing; the subjugation of one's employment to another's whim is an oppressive imbalance of power.
This is an issue where I could imagine something actually getting done in US politics. Dems would have a hard time opposing a worker's rights issue and Republicans would have a hard time opposing a bill framed as anti-cancel culture. Assuaging people's fear of losing their livelihoods over politics wouldn't solve all our problems, but would probably help lower the temps just a bit.
Re:A religious sect landed Google in a lawsuit
by bradlys on Friday June 17, 2022 @11:33AM
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The problem with this logic is that you assume Dems or Republicans want to help the working class. They don’t.
Re:A religious sect landed Google in a lawsuit
by InefficientRed on Monday June 20, 2022 @09:50AM
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No, I just assume they are responsive to their constituents.
Re:A religious sect landed Google in a lawsuit
by tinus_hn on Friday June 17, 2022 @03:27AM
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If you’re in a drunken brawl and nothing comes of it they won’t know. If they know clearly something has come from it.
The very concept of "bringing disrepute" is a slippery slope, and shamefully medieval.
Edit: I'll clarify. The problematic issue is the ambiguous, subjective threshold at which activities become "disreputable." Ambiguous, subjective standards like that should not be grounds for dismissal. They are too easily abused via "selective enforcement".
Of course, in many firms, employment is entirely "at will," and subject to employers' most capricious whims. This is not a good thing; the subjugation of one's employment to another's whim is an oppressive imbalance of power.