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In the US at least, and Europe, that is illegal discrimination.

by ahoyhere 15y ago

stickfigure 15y ago
IANAL, but I do not believe discrimination laws in the US apply to businesses with 15 or fewer employees.
- xxpor 15y ago
  Where the heck did you hear this? This means I could open a hardware store, and a black person would come in for an interview, and I could be like "Black people need not apply"? That sounds awfully ridiculous.
  - stickfigure 15y ago
    In the US there are a wide variety of laws at both state and federal level affecting employment discrimination, but all of the laws I am familiar with have a "small business exception". See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employment_discrimination_law_in_the_United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employment_discrimination_law_i... On the other hand, state and local laws may add additional restrictions beyond federal laws and as I've mentioned... I am not a lawyer. And I don't condone people being dicks. EDIT: In California, the "magic number" of employees below which you can be an open bigot is apparently five. See: http://ag.ca.gov/publications/civilrights/01CRhandbook/chapter2.php http://ag.ca.gov/publications/civilrights/01CRhandbook/chapt...
abscondment 15y ago
IANAL, but this is only partially true. * Marital status is a protected class. You can't consider it when hiring. * Age is a protected class. You can't consider it when hiring. * Pregnancy is a proxy for sex, a protected class. You can't consider it when hiring [1]. * Parental status is a protected class, but apparently is not applicable to Employment cases [2]. So you could get away with avoiding parents in some places. But man, what a great way to violate the No Asshole rule. Frankly, I'd rather not work for a startup that would want to go down this path. [1] http://users.aristotle.net/~hantley/hiedlegl/statutes/title7/protclas.htm http://users.aristotle.net/~hantley/hiedlegl/statutes/title7... [2] http://www.seattle.gov/civilrights/discrimination.htm http://www.seattle.gov/civilrights/discrimination.htm

In the US at least, and Europe, that is illegal discrimination.

stickfigure 15y ago

IANAL, but I do not believe discrimination laws in the US apply to businesses with 15 or fewer employees.

xxpor 15y ago
Where the heck did you hear this? This means I could open a hardware store, and a black person would come in for an interview, and I could be like "Black people need not apply"? That sounds awfully ridiculous.
- stickfigure 15y ago
  In the US there are a wide variety of laws at both state and federal level affecting employment discrimination, but all of the laws I am familiar with have a "small business exception". See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employment_discrimination_law_in_the_United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employment_discrimination_law_i... On the other hand, state and local laws may add additional restrictions beyond federal laws and as I've mentioned... I am not a lawyer. And I don't condone people being dicks. EDIT: In California, the "magic number" of employees below which you can be an open bigot is apparently five. See: http://ag.ca.gov/publications/civilrights/01CRhandbook/chapter2.php http://ag.ca.gov/publications/civilrights/01CRhandbook/chapt...

abscondment 15y ago

IANAL, but this is only partially true. * Marital status is a protected class. You can't consider it when hiring. * Age is a protected class. You can't consider it when hiring. * Pregnancy is a proxy for sex, a protected class. You can't consider it when hiring [1]. * Parental status is a protected class, but apparently is not applicable to Employment cases [2]. So you could get away with avoiding parents in some places. But man, what a great way to violate the No Asshole rule. Frankly, I'd rather not work for a startup that would want to go down this path. [1] http://users.aristotle.net/~hantley/hiedlegl/statutes/title7/protclas.htm http://users.aristotle.net/~hantley/hiedlegl/statutes/title7... [2] http://www.seattle.gov/civilrights/discrimination.htm http://www.seattle.gov/civilrights/discrimination.htm