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Maine Abu El Banat

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Tue May 10, 2022, 05:06 PM

May 2022

Will they pull all buisness from pro birth states? 🤔

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BREAKING: Microsoft has announced it will pay travel costs for its employees seeking an abortion. [View all] In It to Win It May 2022 OP

Good !! once big money gets on the side of right folk will perk their heads out the ground uponit7771 May 2022 #1

So will Apple, Citi, and other companies, while Florida has said they will penalize companies JohnSJ May 2022 #2

Amazon is another such company. nt Wednesdays May 2022 #4

The battle lines are getting drawn, and republicans are on the wrong side of history, and JohnSJ May 2022 #9

Big. Fucking. Whoop. 50 Shades Of Blue May 2022 #3

Wake me when they stop contributing money to Republicans and instead back pro-choice candidates. Midnight Writer May 2022 #5

Happy for the work arounds but... CrackityJones75 May 2022 #6

Work arounds just keep the whole situation from blowing exboyfil May 2022 #11

Maybe. CrackityJones75 May 2022 #14

Exactly. This is a positive thing, and people need options if they live in draconian states that ar JohnSJ May 2022 #17

I didn't mean it that way exboyfil May 2022 #20

Oh no worries I didn't think you did CrackityJones75 May 2022 #22

New York is establishing a fund to cover wnylib May 2022 #33

Good to hear regarding New York CrackityJones75 May 2022 #36

This is great news LetMyPeopleVote May 2022 #7

Instead of paying costs for their employee health care right, why don't Microsoft and in2herbs May 2022 #8

You do realize that Microsoft offers Health, Vision, and Dental insurance at no cost to an employee. JohnSJ May 2022 #13

No one framed the med benefits paid by Microsoft and other corps as a bad in2herbs May 2022 #18

It was quite obvious that the Supreme Court was the issue in 2016. That is when things needed to JohnSJ May 2022 #21

Pull out of states with restrictive abortion laws exboyfil May 2022 #10

Yes Johnny2X2X May 2022 #16

Maybe they could shut down a few select Windows machines in those states... hunter May 2022 #46

This is better than if they didn't do it, but Mr.Bill May 2022 #12

You are so right exboyfil May 2022 #19

You know what's coming next gratuitous May 2022 #15

Shortly after the Roe v Wade ruling, the company wnylib May 2022 #37

I ask again, how will this realistically work? Arazi May 2022 #23

I imagine it would be a reimbursement kinda thing, rather than directly paying the provider In It to Win It May 2022 #24

So an employee has to tell their boss and/or HR to cut them a $400 Arazi May 2022 #25

I would guess that Microsoft will hire a 3rd party to implement the policy gristy May 2022 #28

But their employer is still going to get that bill Arazi May 2022 #38

The 3rd party will pay the bills, roll up the aggregate expense and invoice microsoft. gristy May 2022 #42

Even to pay for the commission of a crime? Arazi May 2022 #43

This. Exactly. fierywoman May 2022 #26

It will be almost certainly be administered as part of their health care package. Ms. Toad May 2022 #44

Abortion will be a crime. Helping someone get an abortion IS a crime Arazi May 2022 #47

The question I was addressing disclosure to employers. Ms. Toad May 2022 #48

Are you willing to bet on this SCOTUS following "constitutional presumptions"? Arazi May 2022 #49

You're conflating two things: Ms. Toad May 2022 #50

There's a Microsoft Access joke in here somewhere nt Shermann May 2022 #27

... In It to Win It May 2022 #32

If you find it BumRushDaShow May 2022 #40

I'd also like to see companies offer to pay expenses to move out of red states. Lonestarblue May 2022 #29

What about employees who don't want their employer to know they're getting an abortion? WhiskeyGrinder May 2022 #30

It will almost certainly be handled the same way all other medical expenses are - Ms. Toad May 2022 #45

So, in the end the poor unemployed women will be penalized. Again. erronis May 2022 #31

might be cheaper and smarter to just buy some senators rurallib May 2022 #34

So Maine Abu El Banat May 2022 #35

time to move out of those states not a texan May 2022 #39

That's nice. Will Microsoft also stop funding the campaigns of pro-forced-birth politicians? n/t TygrBright May 2022 #41

K&r Demovictory9 May 2022 #51