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Re:It doesn’t take much public creativity to stand out as a ... by dvt on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @04:07AM (#36874506)
An employer cannot retaliate if you're running for office or have whatever political beliefs you may have. This is from the California Labor Code, but if I remember correctly, every State has this protection in place:

> Labor Code section 1101 prohibits an employer from preventing employees from engaging or participating in politics or preventing employees from becoming candidates for public office.

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Re:It doesn’t take much public creativity to stand out as a ... by jedberg on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @04:11AM (#36874532)
Sure but if you never hire them then you don't have to worry about it.
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Re:It doesn’t take much public creativity to stand out as a ... by dvt on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @04:12AM (#36874543)
Yes of course, this is also how people get around ageism (you're simply "not a good fit"). All in all, it still doesn't make it right.
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Re:It doesn’t take much public creativity to stand out as a ... by wiseowise on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @04:58AM (#36874833)
> All in all, it still doesn't make it right.

Sure it does. It may suck from a perspective of a candidate, but it’s a fair business position to value cohesion in a team.

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Re:It doesn’t take much public creativity to stand out as a ... by otoburb on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @10:30AM (#36878347)
>>Sure it does.

I can't comment on other jurisdictions, but the United States has a section of legislation called the Civil Rights Act Title VII[1] codifying that discrimination on the basis of a variety of factors (age included) is actually not (legally) right.

I think this is hard to enforce in practice, but just to be clear -- it's not (technically) "right" to be ageist in one's hiring practices in the US.

[1] https://www.dol.gov/agencies/oasam/centers-offices/civil-rig...

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Re:It doesn’t take much public creativity to stand out as a ... by Ylpertnodi on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @10:41AM (#36878510)
We have similar anti-discriminatory rules in the various parts of eu. The answer is always: 'prove the discrimination'. Candidates can rarely afford to even consider bringing a case.
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Re:It doesn’t take much public creativity to stand out as a ... by prawn on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @04:13AM (#36874550)
Of course. But I bet many are quietly influenced by something like this, especially smaller employers who don't want to lose an employee and have to rehire.
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Re:It doesn’t take much public creativity to stand out as a ... by flir on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @05:36AM (#36875067)
Safest never to make him an employee, then.
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