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As an aside, in the UK and EU you also can't discriminate based on age, but that means that you can't do anything based on length of service. For example, it is
by rkangel 4y ago
As an aside, in the UK and EU you also can't discriminate based on age, but that means that you can't do anything based on length of service. For example, it is illegal to place a job advert requiring "x years of experience in z" because that requires you to be a certain age.
- thfuran 4y agoYeah, the US actually has "people over 40" as a protected class rather than outright banning discrimination based on age.
- jalk 4y agoPerhaps not with a specific number of years, but you are certainly not obliged to consider every recent graduate who applies for your senior position
- rkangel 4y agoNo, but you have to look for (and talk in terms of) actual level of capability rather than just "you've done it for a while".