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Hiring has become such a litigation-prone Where? I've never seen anyone sue a company for not hiring them, and no company I've ever worked at has been sued for
by EliRivers 8y ago
Hiring has become such a litigation-prone
Where? I've never seen anyone sue a company for not hiring them, and no company I've ever worked at has been sued for not hiring someone. If it was litigation-prone, I'd expect to see some litigation. I don't work in the US; maybe this is a weird US thing? Maybe people who do work in the US can give us some numbers? What proportion of companies one has worked for have been sued for not hiring someone? Or in a given year, what proportion of rejected interview candidates come back to sue the company?
- btilly 8y agoIt is a weird US thing, and nobody can give you numbers because the existence and outcome of these lawsuits is never talked about (most are settled out of court). But talk to anyone in HR and you'll hear, "The stories that I've seen, if only I could tell you!"
- EliRivers 8y agoSo are they real? No numbers, no talking about it, just people in HR saying "No no, I promise you, they are real!" If everyone is so cautious about hiring for fear of litigation, do they still happen? Since everyone is so cautious.
- btilly 8y agoThey are real. In some organizations more frequently than others. Anecdotally, call centers seem to be a particularly good source of interesting HR lawsuits.
- pvaldes 8y ago> I've never seen anyone sue a company for not hiring them http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6067331/Swedish-Muslim-woman-refused-handshake-job-interview-wins-discrimination-case.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6067331/Swedish-Musl...
- EliRivers 8y agoWell, now I've seen one. Such a big deal that it made a national newspaper. That suggests it's not very common.