On Jan 2, 2008 1:15 PM, David Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 01:55:01PM -0500, Nicholas Wheeler wrote: > >> Ideal candidate will only use real sugar in his/her coffee. Ideal > >> candidate will also like coffee. > >> > >> Gregory > > > >So is it legal to say, "Ideal candidate will be heterosexual."? > > Heh. You could probably be successfully sued for hiring discrimination > for > any job requirement or "ideal" feature that wasn't demonstratably related > to the performance of the job. > > Ones like sexual orientation, marital status, race or ethnicity have extra > protections to basically try and keep you from even justifying them. > > Demanding a non-smoker is probably on pretty shaky legal ground. > > The interviewing guidelines we have at work have an amazing list of > questions we are not to ask, even if they just give a hint at possible > discrimination: "What kind of name is ___", or "Was that a Catholic > school?" > > Dave >
He can get away with it, because the tobacco companies are the devil, and smokers their minions when you get to court. Smokers have few rights in modern society, and they are getting pushed to second class status. Note, I am not a smoker. I detest smoke filled bars and restaurants, but I fear what behavior is next. It also amazes me that the pro-drug legalization crowd are also some of the biggest anti-tobacco people I have run into. A paradox if ever there was one. Me I am very much a libertarian. Bad behavior only matters when it directly infringes on my rights or my pocket book. -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
