Comments on: Diploma requirements may violate ADA: EEOC

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By: DensityDuck

DensityDuck — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:42:51 +0000

The proper response is, of course, for business to stop putting words on their products and instead put icons. “Mr Yuck” means it’s poison, a picture of a shiny window means it’s glass cleaner, a red circle means it shouldn’t be mixed with anything that has a blue triangle.

By: gitarcarver

gitarcarver — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:24:47 +0000

John,

Whether “credentialism” is creeping is not an issue to me as long as the privately owned company has the right to decide the requirements for a job.

At the same tine, if a company says “hey, this is a good person that can do the job,” I have no problem with that as it is the company / owner making the decision.

My concern is when the government tells a private company who they have to hire and what qualifications are relevant.

By: Richard Nieporent

Richard Nieporent — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:00:53 +0000

Excellent points gitarcaver. The EEOC rules will force business owners to hire the least competent workers or risk being sued by them. The fact that that one can find a few people without a high school diploma who may be able to do the job should not be the criteria for hiring someone. The criteria should be to hire the best people for the job not the worst people. If the person forced on the business owner does not work out it is the business owner and not the government bureaucrat who suffers. If the bureaucrat was held personally responsible for the performance of the person, I bet they would not be so anxious to force businesses to hire workers who are not qualified for the job .

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 21:16:15 +0000

It looks like the EEOC has been following that rule for quite a while in its own hiring.