Re: @Donkey / @ Anonymous Coward / @AC
Not sure I was being very defensive but your reply is a good one.
I agree that it's difficult to prove discrimination if it done subtly enough. However, it seems that the response of keeping more records and having heavier procedures may have just added more burden to business without stopping discrimination from happening.
I've worked with US companies and UK companies with very stringent policies and yet I would say there was probably less discrimination in some of the more "relaxed" European companies I worked for. In fact I'd say the more relaxed regimes meant it was much easier to hire the best candidate and less costly to do so.
I suppose I feel today's US/UK approach has the feel of someone who beats themselves with sticks in order to gain some state of righteousness rather than actually addressing the problem.
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