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And this, folks, is one of the reasons yc discourages single founders!
by slewis 14y ago
And this, folks, is one of the reasons yc discourages single founders!
- jamesaguilar 14y agoInteresting, is this legal? At first I thought it wouldn't be, but then I realized that an investor relationship might not be one of the relationships protected by workplace sexual harassment laws.
- alex_c 14y agoEr... "single founders" as in "only one founder", as opposed to "two founders or more".
- jamesaguilar 14y agoOhhhhh. I thought he meant. Well, you see what I thought he meant. Because of the sculptor and the wife and that stuff.
- jontas 14y agoI believe it was meant to be a pun :)
- tptacek 14y agoAnti-discrimination laws do not apply to investors. In fact, in California, they don't even apply to independent contractors.
- fourk 14y agoInteresting. I'm curious about the legality of a company putting all or most prospective employees through a 'trial run' as an independent contractor before hiring them. Ignoring feasibility of attracting talent in such a system, are there laws in place to prevent such practices being used to circumvent anti discrimination laws?
- tptacek 14y agoThe point of a 1099 trial run is to make a hiring decision. That hiring decision is very much encumbered by CA anti-discrimination law.
- btown 14y ago@fourk I imagine that if a "trial run" candidate who outperformed his/her peers was denied employment, he or she would have grounds to sue for discrimination.
- josephlord 14y agoI think what is meant is apply the discrimination on the selection for the trial run. Don't know if its legal but it would certainly be an asshole move.