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Re:Dell Says Remote Employees Won't Be Eligible for Promotio... by reaperman on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @11:51AM (#39757035)
It might be worth reviewing whether you're qualified to pontificate on this; not all comments are "constructive": this one spreads misinformation. Please comment on things where you have a bare minimum of expertise. Charges of discrimination by employers can only be for the enumerated reasons of:

> "because of your race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information."[0]

Things like whether you are working remote or in-office, your political beliefs/affiliation, personality, where you choose to live, what color you died your hair, whether you re-heat salmon in the office microwave...these are generally not covered by charges of "discrimination" in the USA.

0: https://www.eeoc.gov/filing-charge-discrimination

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Re:Dell Says Remote Employees Won't Be Eligible for Promotio... by kube-system on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @12:26PM (#39757433)
> Charges of discrimination by employers can only be for the enumerated reasons of

That is also not true, because many locales in the US have requirements that reach beyond the minimums required by federal law.

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Re:Dell Says Remote Employees Won't Be Eligible for Promotio... by AlotOfReading on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @12:25PM (#39757419)
That's an unnecessarily aggressive response. Also, "disparate impact".
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Re:Dell Says Remote Employees Won't Be Eligible for Promotio... by bombcar on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @12:23PM (#39757372)
In California at least "political affiliation" is a protected class. In some cases.
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Re:Dell Says Remote Employees Won't Be Eligible for Promotio... by bandyaboot on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @12:00PM (#39757144)
> It might be worth reviewing whether you're qualified to pontificate on this; not all comments are "constructive": this one spreads misinformation.

I think this is a pretty harsh framing. They directly ask for input from someone with expertise (indirectly making it known that their existing belief is not backed by relevant expertise). Then they state what their existing belief is. It reads to me like an invitation for someone to correct their existing belief.

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Re:Dell Says Remote Employees Won't Be Eligible for Promotio... by reaperman on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @03:52PM (#39759596)
It was overly harsh. I'd apologize for that. But I'd have a less-strong reaction if they said "What do employment lawyers have to say about this? Could it be a discrimination lawsuit?"

Instead, they said:

> "Seems like a pretty obvious discrimination lawsuit."

Which is the difference between lazy inquiry and spreading misinformation.

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Re:Dell Says Remote Employees Won't Be Eligible for Promotio... by bandyaboot on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @04:52PM (#39760091)
Yeah admittedly it wasn’t a great way to go about asking the question…especially the “obvious” part.
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Re:Dell Says Remote Employees Won't Be Eligible for Promotio... by ehutch79 on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @04:12PM (#39759768)
I'm not. That's why I asked what employment lawyers have to say.
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