▲ 1504 ▼ People who work from home all the time ‘cut emissions by 54%’ against those in office (www.theguardian.com) submitted 3 years ago by 0110010001100010@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 192 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] witx@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 years ago (3 children) Well, for positions that could be moved to WFH perhaps. To others that would be unfair because companies would descriminate by distance to the office. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] SmoothIsFast@citizensgaming.com 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) So you also make sure location discrimination is illegal as well. There can be multiple parts to the legislation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OftenWrong@startrek.website 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) Before we do anything else we should be working to end lobbying and put every single lobbyist leech on society out of a job. Otherwise this is all pipe dreams. They'll just lobby it away. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] em2@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago I still don't understand how bribery lobbying is legal. permalink fedilink source parent [–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I've seen that already, at least pre-Covid and in the U.S. Even though I'm pretty sure that asking that during an interview is illegal, I've been on post-interview sessions where someone inevitably says "yeah, but this candidate lives nearly an hour away, while this other candidate lives 15 minutes away..." so they found out somehow. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Malfeasant@lemm.ee -1 points 3 years ago As they should... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SmoothIsFast@citizensgaming.com 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) So you also make sure location discrimination is illegal as well. There can be multiple parts to the legislation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OftenWrong@startrek.website 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) Before we do anything else we should be working to end lobbying and put every single lobbyist leech on society out of a job. Otherwise this is all pipe dreams. They'll just lobby it away. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] em2@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago I still don't understand how bribery lobbying is legal. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OftenWrong@startrek.website 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) Before we do anything else we should be working to end lobbying and put every single lobbyist leech on society out of a job. Otherwise this is all pipe dreams. They'll just lobby it away. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] em2@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago I still don't understand how bribery lobbying is legal. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] em2@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago I still don't understand how bribery lobbying is legal. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I've seen that already, at least pre-Covid and in the U.S. Even though I'm pretty sure that asking that during an interview is illegal, I've been on post-interview sessions where someone inevitably says "yeah, but this candidate lives nearly an hour away, while this other candidate lives 15 minutes away..." so they found out somehow. permalink fedilink source parent