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posted by takyon on Tuesday February 20 2018, @01:59AM   Printer-friendly
from the everybody-knows dept.

From The Verge:

Google didn't violate labor laws by firing engineer James Damore for a memo criticizing the company's diversity program, according to a recently disclosed letter from the US National Labor Relations Board. The lightly redacted statement is written by Jayme Sophir, associate general counsel of the NLRB's division of advice; it dates to January, but was released yesterday, according to Law.com. Sophir concludes that while some parts of Damore's memo were legally protected by workplace regulations, "the statements regarding biological differences between the sexes were so harmful, discriminatory, and disruptive as to be unprotected."

Damore filed an NLRB complaint in August of 2017, after being fired for internally circulating a memo opposing Google's diversity efforts. Sophir recommends dismissing the case; Bloomberg reports that Damore withdrew it in January, and that his lawyer says he's focusing on a separate lawsuit alleging discrimination against conservative white men at Google. NLRB records state that its case was closed on January 19th.

There are White House Staff positions open, I hear.

Previously: Google Fires Author of Divisive Memo on Gender Differences
Google Cancels "Town Hall" Due to Leaks


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  • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Tuesday February 20 2018, @03:37PM (1 child)

    by tangomargarine (667) on Tuesday February 20 2018, @03:37PM (#640673)

    Like most sexual species, the sex ratio in humans is approximately 1:1. Due to higher female fetal mortality,[2] the sex ratio at birth worldwide is commonly thought to be 107 boys to 100 girls,[3] although this value is subject to debate in the scientific community. The sex ratio for the entire world population is 101 males to 100 females.[4] Depending upon which definition is used, between 0.1% and 1.7% of live births are intersex.[5][6]

    Men [...] are not a protected minority.
    Women are.

    Maybe technically correct, but completely useless.

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  • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Tuesday February 20 2018, @03:40PM

    by tangomargarine (667) on Tuesday February 20 2018, @03:40PM (#640675)

    Oh, or is "protected" the operative word in this. Disregard

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