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A recent Law360<\/a> article by reporter Anne Cullen, Employers Weigh Emoji Bans to Curb Bias, Harassment Suits<\/a>, discusses the increase in emojis popping up in workplace discrimination and harassment cases. She interviews Kang Haggerty managing member Edward Kang for his perspective:<\/p>\n

\u201cMy advice is to not use them in the workplace at all because there is no such thing as a safe emoji,” Kang says in the article.<\/em><\/p>\n

Even ones that appear innocuous can be problematic, noting that the popular “thumbs up” emoji, for example, tends to have a positive connotation with older generations but can be seen as dismissive by a younger viewer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A recent Law360 article by reporter Anne Cullen, Employers Weigh Emoji Bans to Curb Bias, Harassment Suits, discusses the increase in emojis popping up in workplace discrimination and harassment cases. 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