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- From: rjwill6@PacBell.COM (Rod Williams)
- Subject: Re: EE statements (was: Re: Attention Skiers Boycotting Colorado)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.211221.11388@PacBell.COM>
- Sender: news@PacBell.COM (Pacific Bell Netnews)
- Organization: Pacific * Bell, San Ramon, California
- References: <1992Dec31.191747.5617@PacBell.COM> <1hvkaiINNalh@hp-col.col.hp.com>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 21:12:21 GMT
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- > smithw@col.hp.com (Walter Smith) writes:
- >> rjwill6@PacBell.COM (Rod Williams) writes:
-
- >> They're EE issues if the company professes not to discriminate
- >> on the basis of marital status, don't you think? Or are you
- >> using the term EE to apply only to federally-mandated stuff?
- >
- >I'm using it in the area of equal opp. hiring; hiring
- >minorities as well as wasp's. If you use as an example of
- >EE cases things like you're describing, it becomes something
- >other than what it is meant for. You might just as well say
- >that if the ladies room has a bigger vanity than the mens
- >room, then that is EE discrimination based on favoritism
- >to women. Generally, EE is a much more narrow focus.
-
- I think not. It certainly covers conditions of employment
- (sexual harassment comes to mind) as well as hiring and
- promotion practices.
-
- >> Those companies and organizations that have implemented
- >> Domestic Partner benefit plans have come up with numerous ways
- >> to determine who is a valid DP
- >
- >Progress...anyone have any examples of some? Maybe identifying
- >companies that do *not* yet have them, but who show evidence
- >of not discriminating based on SP, and sending them samples of
- >how other companies have solved the problem would cause more
- >companies to offer DP benefits?
-
- Thanks for the suggestion. Some of us have already been
- doing exactly this for some time...
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