The ladies discuss Amazon’s recent decision to stop asking employees who don’t operate vehicles to take mandatory marijuana drug tests, the rise in employers using social media to spy on job candidates and workers to see what they get up to outside of the office, and whether the details of your private life are relevant to your professional performance or if companies are overstepping the mark with the questions they ask.

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LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE 

https://unitedmelaningroup.com/es080(Website – Show notes)

https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/2/22465331/amazon-weed-policy-dot-more-act(Article – Amazon will stop testing most employees for weed – Ian Carlos Campbell for The Verge)

https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-gets-rid-of-marijuana-testing-for-some-employees-2021-6?r=US&IR=T(Article – Amazon says it will no longer include marijuana in its drug screenings for some workers – Matty Merritt for Business Insider)

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20210419-employers-know-more-about-our-lives-than-ever-now-what(Article – Employers know more about our lives than ever – now what? – Kate Morgan for BBC)

https://careers.workopolis.com/advice/the-three-things-that-employers-want-to-find-out-about-you-online/(Article – The top three things that employers want to see in your social media profiles – Workopolis)

https://www.sandersonplc.com/news/digital-footprints-how-social-media-can-affect-your-job-prospects(Article – Digital Footprints: how social media can affect your job prospects – Ingrid Smejkal for Sanderson Plc

https://variety.com/2020/music/news/billy-ray-cyrus-cannabis-brand-420-1234584097/(Article – Billy Ray Cyrus Launches ‘Midnight Special’ Cannabis Brand for 4/20, but Cautions ‘Be a Bogart’ – Roy Trakin for Variety)

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-have-all-my-boyfriends-turned-gay-(Article – Why have all my boyfriends turned gay? – Nushy Rose for The Spectator)

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Join Monah, Nushy Rose and Sophie Hannah, three smart, curious and opinionated highly-melanated women, as they and their guests discuss everything from current affairs to pop culture, and everything in between. No subject is off limits for these ladies, especially when it comes to issues affecting British communities of colour. Get ready to laugh, learn and liberate your mind, because if there’s one thing you can guarantee, it’s that the Ethnically Speaking ladies will be giving it to you straight!

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