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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: SSG Snuggle Bunny on February 03, 2010, 10:43:00 AM

Title: That's Discrimination!
Post by: SSG Snuggle Bunny on February 03, 2010, 10:43:00 AM: Quote
When it comes to hiring staff, there are plenty of legal pitfalls employers need to watch out for these days.

So recruitment agency boss Nicole Mamo was especially careful to ensure her advert for hospital workers did not offend on grounds of race, age or sexual orientation.

However, she hadn't reckoned on discriminating against a wholly different section of the community - the completely useless.

When she ran the ad past a job centre, she was told she couldn't ask for 'reliable' and 'hard-working' applicants because it could be offensive to unreliable people.

'In my 15 years in recruitment I haven't heard anything so ridiculous,' Mrs Mamo said yesterday.

'If the matter wasn't so serious I would be laughing out loud.

'Unfortunately it's extremely alarming. I need people who are hardworking and reliable - and I am pleased to discriminate in that way. If they're not then I really can't use them. The reputation of my business is on the line.

'Even the woman at the jobcentre agreed it was ridiculous but explained it was policy because they could get sued for being dicriminatory against unreliable people.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1246201/Employer-told-advertise-reliable-workers--discriminates-unreliable-applicants.html#ixzz0eUY1K8CG

WANTED: Child daycare staffer. Must be attentive, safety-conscious non-pedophile.
Title: Re: That's Discrimination!
Post by: thundley4 on February 03, 2010, 11:00:22 AM: The politically correct nanny state, gotta love it.
Title: Re: That's Discrimination!
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on February 03, 2010, 11:18:44 AM: It's amazing England hasn't rolled over and sunk under the weight of stupid laws they have.

'Discrimination' like that is perfectly legal in the US; yes, it is discrimination, but it is not unlawful discrimination.
Title: Re: That's Discrimination!
Post by: Ralph Wiggum on February 03, 2010, 11:26:19 AM: Quote
Wanted: Unreliable, useless employee who only shows up half the time. When you are at work, please feel free to sleep or generally goof-off. Full benefits immediately and a very large salary.

That would be a DUmmy paradise.
Title: Re: That's Discrimination!
Post by: thundley4 on February 03, 2010, 11:29:32 AM: Quote from: Ralph Wiggum on February 03, 2010, 11:26:19 AM
That would be a DUmmy paradise.

Requiring them to show up half the time would eliminate most DUmmies. The bennies would also have to include free drugs and Cheetos.
Title: Re: That's Discrimination!
Post by: littlelamb on February 03, 2010, 12:39:35 PM: Anything that requires them to work scares them