Comment on How does employing a rapist not constitute an unsafe work environment for female employees?
metaStatic@kbin.social 7 months agopeople don't think it be like it is but it do.
anti-discrimination laws just mean employers can't give the real reason so they've gotten really good at making up legally acceptable reasons.
ilinamorato@lemmy.world 7 months ago
And in “right to work” states, not even that much.
AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 7 months ago
You’re thinking of at-will employment states. Right to work is about joining unions and making that difficult.
ilinamorato@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Ah right. Thank you for pointing that out.
SatanicNotMessianic@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
“Right to work” means employees can work in a union shop and receive the benefits of such without having to join the union or pay dues. It’s a set of laws that have successfully destroyed unions.
You’re thinking of “at will” employment laws, which means an employer can fire an employee for any reason or for no reason, but not for an illegal reason (which varies depending on state but includes the right to organize and rights against discrimination and retaliation).
ilinamorato@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Oh, of course. Thank you for pointing that out.
SatanicNotMessianic@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
Sorry - I should have realized others would point that out as well. I didn’t mean to pile on.
BottleOfAlkahest@lemmy.world 7 months ago
You mean “at-will” states and that functionally means any state but Montana.
ilinamorato@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Indeed.