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California Has a New Law: No More All-Male Boards (cnn.com)
Companies headquartered in California can no longer have all-male boards. From a report: That's according to a new law, enacted Sunday, which requires publicly traded firms in the state to place at least one woman on their board of directors by the end of 2019 -- or face a penalty. It also requires companies with five directors to add two women by the end of 2021, and companies with six or more directors to add at least three more women by the end of the same year. It's the first such law on the books in the United States, though similar measures are common in European countries. The measure was passed by California's state legislature last month. And it was signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday, along with a trove of other bills that look to "protect and support women, children and working families," the governor's office said in a release. A majority of companies in the S&P 500 have at least one woman on their boards, but only about a quarter have more than two, according to a study from PwC.
Will boards consisting of 5 women be required to add 2 men?
No, but they will be automatically awarded any state contract they apply for regardless of qualifications or bids.
... No really. Just say "I identify as a woman".
Game over.
I think you should definitely try to get this in front of a judge.
I didn't really read the rest of your post; I'm sure it's excellent, so much so that I think you could probably represent yourself. I hear judges absolutely love it when people find cute loopholes to the law.
SJW n. One who posts facts.
Furthermore it is now required to have at least one moron, one down syndrome, one bozo the clown, one batman, one hippie, one street-sweeper, one biker, one dog and one skeleton on the board.
Merits are overrated according to people without merit.
Seems to work for the Whitehouse, why not Wall Street ... :-)
It must have been something you assimilated. . . .