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>So I was pretty surprised to receive an email the other day,
>addressed to three of us in IT (two of the guys, and me), which
>started
>"Gentlemen, "
>I'm wondering whether to address my next email to him
>"Ladies, " :)
I currently work in r
>>And the law and jurisdiction this was passed in? Be specific. :)
I am not positive about specifics...I saw this in an article on labor law
changes (my stepfather is Personnel Manager for a large company in Houston).
But it is federal...and it has not been very highly publicized yet
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In a slashdot article
http://slashdot.org/features/99/12/21/112253.shtml
describing the Bazaar, the free software convention last week, 2 of the
6 reader contributors appear to be female.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
In a slashdot article
http://slashdot.org/features/99/12/21/112253.shtml
describing the Bazaar, the free software convention last week, 2 of the
6 reader contributors appear to be female.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 22:57:46 GMT, "J B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>Up until recently, it was against the law for a former employer to
>say that a worker was not a good employee, and to give reasons. This
>was backed by slander laws. This is no longer the case. If asked,
>and employer can say,
On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, J B wrote:
>
> This would open them up to a libel/slander suit SO fast that no manager can
> *afford* to give a negative review in the US these days even when it is
> warranted. It is generally the practice to confirm only the dates of
> employment.
>
> Furthermore, most
This would open them up to a libel/slander suit SO fast that no manager can
*afford* to give a negative review in the US these days even when it is
warranted. It is generally the practice to confirm only the dates of
employment.
Furthermore, most of the things employees get blackballed *for
On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, curious wrote:
> A warning about getting too deep into "legal rights"...
You know, this is bullshit.
> If a company is doing something blatently wrong in a big way.. then by
> all means act on it..
You'd probably be surprised how often this happens.
> if you find yoursel
On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 10:15:42 -0500 (EST), srl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>Hi all--- For those of you in the US, does anyone know of a good
>guide to federal and state labor law wrt geek jobs? I'm doing some
>research before I start on a project that might have already been
>done.
Generally, the b
"curious" wrote:
>
> A warning about getting too deep into "legal rights"...
> If a company is doing something blatently wrong in a big way.. then by all
> means act on it.. if you find yourself in an oncall job which was
> discribed to you during the interview.. think hard before you take drasti
A warning about getting too deep into "legal rights"...
If a company is doing something blatently wrong in a big way.. then by all
means act on it.. if you find yourself in an oncall job which was
discribed to you during the interview.. think hard before you take drastic
action against it.. if you
Hi all---
For those of you in the US, does anyone know of a good guide to federal
and state labor law wrt geek jobs? I'm doing some research before I start
on a project that might have already been done.
Basically, I'm thinking there's a need for a site to advise
wet-behind-the-ears geeks about
On 19 Dec 1999, Kirrily 'Skud' Robert wrote:
> >On the subject of editors: Marjorie Richardson is the editor of
> >Linux Journal, too.
>
> Cool, noted.
Some time ago we tried to find some linux-women, and some names came up...
well, no-one's sure if they really are women, but here they are:
Pa
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