A Google Ads setting allowed advertisers to exclude people of ‘unknown gender’
Employers, landlords and credit providers could keep their ads from showing to people of unknown gender, enabling discrimination against nonbinary individuals.
Carolyn Lyden on February 11, 2021 at 3:47 pm
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A Google Ads setting allowed businesses to potentially exclude nonbinary gender audiences, according to
The Markup. The publication found examples across YouTube and search where advertisers could exclude audiences based on “unknown gender.” This form of discrimination is against Google’s own personalized advertising policy.
“We will be implementing an update to our policy and enforcement in the coming weeks to restrict advertisers from targeting or excluding users on the basis of the ‘gender unknown’ category,” Elijah Lawal, a Google spokesperson told
Now that the inauguration has passed and the Biden administration has begun its work, it is a good time for retailers to take stock of the labor and employment issues that are likely to.
GAO: DoD needs to track assaults of civilian employees
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Last year, the Pentagon issued guidance directing that anti-harassment programs be established in each of the country s military branches, but did not say specifically how such programs should be structured. File Photo by Shutterstock.com
Feb. 9 (UPI) The Department of Defense needs to issue guidance for tracking reports of sexual assault and harassment, as well as the results of those reports, said a Government Accountability Office report released Tuesday.
The GAO s review found that the DoD doesn t have a clear standard regarding what types of incidents need to be reported to its central databases, and that the tools available for creating certain types of assault reports can vary.
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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years and this past month was no exception.
In fact, there were so many significant developments taking place during the past month that we were once again forced to expand our monthly summary well beyond the typical “Top 10” list. In order to make sure that you stay on top of the latest changes, here is a quick review of the Top 18 stories from last month that all employers need to know about:
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As Colorado expands its COVID-19 vaccine rollout, a wider variety of employers may be wondering whether they can require their employees to be inoculated against the disease. In some cases, legal experts say the answer may be yes, but there are plenty of caveats.
âCOVID-19 has been deemed a direct threat, and as a direct threat the employer would need to make some analysis as to whether or not the employee is a direct threat to either other employees or the public given the work situation to then justify the mandate for having a vaccination,â says Chris Wilhelmi, an attorney with Stinar Zendejas Burrell & Wilhelmi in Colorado Springs.