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Re:Google Announces 12K Layoffs: A difficult decision to set... by UncleMeat on Friday January 20, 2023 @11:32AM (#34455500)
It is illegal to do what Harvard is doing in hiring decisions. It may even be illegal for Harvard to do what it is doing, given how the supreme court decides to rule. Affirmative Action doesn't exist in employment.
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Re:Google Announces 12K Layoffs: A difficult decision to set... by netheril96 on Friday January 20, 2023 @12:45PM (#34456778)
Affirmative action definitely exists in hiring. There are racial and gender quotas.
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Re:Google Announces 12K Layoffs: A difficult decision to set... by UncleMeat on Friday January 20, 2023 @01:17PM (#34457284)
Such a quota would be very loudly illegal.
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Re:Google Announces 12K Layoffs: A difficult decision to set... by anticensor on Saturday January 21, 2023 @05:23AM (#34465378)
Why would it be illegal to have two separate but otherwise identical simultaneous job postings, one only covering the protected group and one only covering the unprotected group? Like, 10 males and 10 females, or 10 whites and 10 non-whites, or 10 elders and 10 youngsters, as long as they are employed without such seggregation after hiring.
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