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by olah_1 823 days ago
Goals to increase diversity are not illegal. And if an HR person were to hire a non-diverse person, it would be actively going against the company goals. So why would they ever do that?

But how do you avoid hiring a non-diverse person? What if the hiring manager likes them? Simple, just don’t even give them a screening at all. “Not a culture fit”
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seanmcdirmid 823 days ago
No that’s definitely illegal. They can’t discriminate on race/gender period. So what they do instead is just not hire anyone when the best candidate is not diverse enough, but this is also illegal as well, but super hard to prove.
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syndicatedjelly 823 days ago
Choosing not to hire someone based on the color of their skin is 100% illegal, as well as morally fucked up.
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