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Speaking as the citizen of a country with a constitution, I have no comment about candidates who rail on their current job but I would be disturbed if employers

Speaking as the citizen of a country with a constitution, I have no comment about candidates who rail on their current job but I would be disturbed if employers started disqualifying employees based on critieria prohibited by law in my jurisdiction (Ontario). For example, what if an HR employee can see from their public facebook page that they appear to be a fan of LGBT organizations and are interested in same sex people? This exposes the HR person to information that is illegal to gather in an interview and illegal to use as the basis for job discrimination. You can also use marital status or interest in having kids if you prefer... Doing background checks that are not strictly work related is a huge issue. Your example is work related, so I empathize with your desire to know about it. But looking into non-employment behaviour opens up a huge can of worms... For employees and employers.

JustinSeriously 17y ago
If an employer was a discriminating kind, they'd already have access to a lot of information they would need, even without the internet. Your sex and race are instantly apparent, age and many disabilities can be guessed, national origin can be figured from an accent, and marital status can be seen by looking for a ring. Even religion can be discerned in some cases, for certain orthodox members. I agree that employers being able to easily see an employee's sexual orientation might not be a step in the right direction, but I don't think it's opening up a huge can of worms. It's an already opened can of worms.