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Note- this is not providing citations because this is not true. The law is clear that discrimination based on gender or sex is illegal. Enforcement of this law
by floor2 4y ago
Note- this is not providing citations because this is not true.
The law is clear that discrimination based on gender or sex is illegal. Enforcement of this law is rare if the victims are male.
- altairprime 4y agoDiscriminatory actions that redress a preexisting bias aren’t legally discrimination. Setting a “no hiring men” policy is not allowed. Setting a “no hiring more than 50% men until women are 50% of total workers in the area being hired into” is approximately allowed, though there are nuances in how that can be defined that an employment lawyer would care to advise you on. There are one or two relevant Supreme Court cases confirming the specific details and caveats around this, but (I’m not your lawyer, and this is not legal advice.)
- bleah1000 4y agoWhat references do you have for this? As I understand it, any quotas are also illegal, and this would be a quota. I think you might be confusing affirmative action programs with whatever might be happening at this hypothetical corporation. Adn AA programs are going up before the Supreme Court, so could be ruled illegal within the next year.
- altairprime 4y agoReference an employment lawyer’s statements to you, their client, with regard to your specific situation in particular. My opinions are irrelevant, whether or not I work otherwise-billable hours compiling a set of citations for you to judge, because (I am not your lawyer, and this is not legal advice.)