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posted by chromas on Wednesday October 03 2018, @04:16PM   Printer-friendly
from the 23%-budget-cuts dept.

California is officially the first state that will try to require companies like Apple, Facebook and Alphabet to add more women to their boards

California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill into law today that requires major companies with headquarters in California — including many household-name tech firms — to have at least one woman on their boards by next year, and depending on the size of the board, up to three women by 2021.

The law is the first of its kind in the U.S., and proponents say it's needed to equalize the representation of women in corporate boardroom. Currently, a quarter of California's publicly traded companies do not have a woman on their boards. Companies that fail to comply with the new rule face fines of $100,000 for a first violation and $300,000 for a second or subsequent violation.

The law already faces opposition from business groups, which could challenge the basis of preferential hiring toward women. In signing the bill, Gov. Brown acknowledged the bill's "potential flaws" that could prove "fatal" to implementation, but nevertheless supported its passing, citing "recent events in Washington, D.C. — and beyond — make it crystal clear that many are not getting the message" around gender equality.


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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 03 2018, @04:26PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 03 2018, @04:26PM (#743475)

    Let's take this to its absurd conclusion and have racially balanced sports teams, gender parity in kindergarten classroom teachers and nurses, etc.

    "See little Timmy, The QB is in the hospital because he weighs 100 lbs and got sacked by a 300 pounder. It's OK though. John the mediocre nurse and Jane the C-student doctor will be looking after him".

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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by requerdanos on Wednesday October 03 2018, @06:07PM (3 children)

    by requerdanos (5997) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday October 03 2018, @06:07PM (#743523) Journal

    Let's take this to its absurd conclusion

    Yes, do let's.

    REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COMPOSITION OF ALL GROUPS, CLUBS, BOARDS, AND OTHER BODIES IN THE "STATE" OF CALIFORNIA:

    ALL PUBLIC BODIES WITHIN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA MUST CONFORM TO THE BELOW PROPORTIONS. SEVERE PUNISHMENTS FOR VIOLATIONS UNDER THE LAW RANGE FROM EXILE FROM CALIFORNIA TO SEVERE CHASTISEMENT ON TWITTER BY SELF-ABSORBED HOLLYWOOD CELEBRITIES.

    AGE AND GENDER REQUIREMENTS:
    Persons under 5 years, percent 6.3%
    Persons under 18 years, percent 22.9%
    Persons 65 years and over, percent 13.9%
    Female persons, percent 50.3%
    Note: People are legally considered to be the age and gender they "identify" as; California has long rejected any influence of reality.

    RACE AND HISPANICNESS REQUIREMENTS:
    White alone, percent 72.4%
    Black or African American alone, percent 6.5%
    American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent 1.6%
    Asian alone, percent 15.2%
    Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent 0.5%
    Two or More Races, percent 3.9%
    Hispanic or Latino, percent 39.1%
    White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent 37.2%
    Note: People are legally considered to be the race and hispanicness they "identify" as. See "Age and Gender" for details.

    PATRIOTIC AND HOMELAND REQUIREMENTS:
    Veterans, percent 4.4%
    Foreign born persons, percent 27.0%
    Note: People are legally considered to be the veteran status and nationality they "identify" as. See "Age and Gender" for details.

    THESE REQUIREMENTS CONFORM TO OFFICIAL FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SPECIFICATIONS [census.gov].

    WARNING: THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS KNOWN TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO CAUSE CANCER, REPRODUCTIVE DISORDERS, AND HARM TO ABILITY TO THINK AND REASON.

    • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 03 2018, @06:49PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 03 2018, @06:49PM (#743562)

      Still not as stupid as the state that made Pi = 3

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 04 2018, @06:31PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 04 2018, @06:31PM (#744234)
        [citation needed]
    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 04 2018, @08:56AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 04 2018, @08:56AM (#743947)

      What about the religion requirements of at least 55% catholic / protestant and 5% muslim and 1% hindu and 8% atheist and 2% other