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The doesn't actually work if your hiring procedure is actually discriminatory. There is a concept called disparate impact in US employment law. That means your
by nommm-nommm 11y ago
The doesn't actually work if your hiring procedure is actually discriminatory.
There is a concept called disparate impact in US employment law. That means your employment process can't have a disproportionate adverse impact on a protected class, unless there is an actual business requirement that causes the disparate impact.
An example would be: if your job requirements is "must be able to lift 70lbs" it probably will have a disparate impact on women and the disabled. This is fine as long as the job actually requires heavy lifting (such as a mover). But if you require candidates to be able to lift 70 lbs for an office job - then it's illegal discrimination even if everyone who is hired meets that criteria.
- pklausler 11y ago"Bad computer programmers" must, I hope, never become a protected class.