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>This form of discrimination occurs where an employer does not intend to discriminate; to the contrary, it occurs when identical standards or procedures are app

>This form of discrimination occurs where an employer does not intend to discriminate; to the contrary, it occurs when identical standards or procedures are applied to everyone, despite the fact that they lead to a substantial difference in employment outcomes for the members of a particular group and they are unrelated to successful job performance. Are you making the claim that an extended education has no impact on performance? If I require my developers to have a degree, it doesn't violate this concept even though a degree isn't required to be a good programmer.

rayiner 9y ago
> Are you making the claim that an extended education has no impact on performance? Yes. E.g. in the U.K., you can start practicing law around age 21. In the U.S., typically it's 25 if you go straight through. Somehow the U.K. still manages to be a center of commerce and finance.
- PurpleBoxDragon 9y ago
  And what evidence do you have that it has no impact? Like I mentioned bringing up developers having degrees, there are many successful developers without degrees, but having a degree still has enough of an impact that requiring a degree isn't considered a disparate impact. Also, which actor is the one creating the disparate impact in your view? The one requiring the degree? The one setting requirements for getting into law school? The college that requires a high school diploma? The one lowering the standard in grade school so that kids are not ready for college sooner than they could be?