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by hn_throwaway_99 1241 days ago
> It may be assumed as a likely outcome based on the percentage of cases where this happens.

Anecdotes is not data. The fact that there are a number of high profile cases where HR royally failed in their job to protect the company from litigation is not really strong evidence that that's the norm. Most importantly, it's much more likely to get reported when HR fucks up than when they do their job as required.