SnotFlickerman , 5 hours ago

Cue even more corporations dumping their DEI pledges because now they might actually be legally on the hook for them.

Think of every corporation that pushes DEI initiatives while doing things like not offering family paid leave (definitely not attracting women), and so on. Their incessant desire to pay everyone as little as possible and pay the lowest price for anything and everything literally undermines their ability to follow through on such pledges.

Unlike YOLO, corporations aren’t always beholden to “how the technology works” when they’re underpaying people, it’s a choice. They’d be hard pressed to not be held to the same standards here. So that this is precedent is pretty huge. Expect it to be appealed or reversed in some way because no way in hell will corporations stand for being held legally to bullshit corporate PR pledges.