Comment by joshuamorton

3 months ago

All sorts of consent decrees, a huge amount of union and workplace law requires things to be posted for employees.

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yencabulator  3 months ago

For employee things, I can understand being required to notify parties in agreements the company has entered into. As far as I understand, consent degrees are settlements and as such a mutually-agreed mechanism for ending a lawsuit early; their terms are whatever the parties negotiate and do not come from the government.

  • joshuamorton  3 months ago

    To be more precise, the law requires employees to publish the nlrb notice in well trafficked or otherwise conspicuous locations.

    I think there are other places where "government mandated corporation inform people of their rights" is a thing, especially with things like data use and sharing.

    In terms of consent decrees, that was the wrong example. But lots of judgements do involve various notification requirements.

    • yencabulator  3 months ago

      Car manufacturer warranty recall letters are probably a good example. I get them even though I've never done business with the car manufacturer -- I bought the vehicle from a private party.

      But that still sort of connects (at least in my mind) to health warnings etc.

      What do you think of this angle: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45892680