Plante wants end to hiring prejudice against immigrants
Mayor Plante is championing a campaign to persuade employers to hire more immigrants, since they have a higher unemployment rate than the average in the city.
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Jim Strankinga 08:08 on 2020-01-16 Permalink
I know it comes from good intentions, but what about treating all people equally, and just let the employer decide who’s best for the job, no matter who you are or where you come from.
Kate 10:03 on 2020-01-16 Permalink
Because the employer’s decision is seldom made on the pure basis of ability. “Foreign-sounding” names have been proven over and over to work against a potential hire’s chances, even if he or she is just as well qualified as a Joanne Tremblay or a James Smith.
I heard on CBC news Thursday morning that the Legault government wants to keep people working past 65, with an ideal target of 70 as the retirement age. The problem is not that different. A person over 60 may be perfectly competent to work, but if they lose their job, finding a new one at that age is not easy.
Since we have a manpower shortage, employers need to be incentivized to hire both older people and immigrants, if they are qualified for the work.
Ian 10:27 on 2020-01-16 Permalink
In my line of work it’s hard to find a new job over 40 unless you go into management, teaching, or become an entrepreneur. NOBODY is going to hire a 50 year old creative – let alone 60.
There’s a reason whenever you see one of those shiny design offices downtown everyone besides maybe one or two of the founders looks like they are under 30 – it’s because they are.
The main reason, I am certain, is that a 40, 50, or 60 year old is not going to take as much shit because they know better, won’t work all night because they have kids, and expect to be paid at the very least double what someone fresh out of their undergraduate degree is getting paid based on their experience and accumulated skills.
How do you incentivize not being cheap?
Chris 10:34 on 2020-01-16 Permalink
This is the classic ‘equality of opportunity’ vs ‘equality of outcome’ argument. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equality_of_outcome#The_concept_in_political_argument
Meezly 11:01 on 2020-01-17 Permalink
Even employers with the best intentions may not realize they’re not as objective as they like to think they are:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconscious_bias_training