Astrological discrimination OK
Nuttiness is OK. It is realism that gets you into trouble.
"A row has broken out in Austria after a company tried to recruit workers born under certain star signs. The Salzburg insurance company posted an advert in major newspapers seeking employees for sales and management that were born under certain constellations, claiming statistics indicated that they were the best workers. 'We are looking for people over 20 for part-time jobs in sales and management with the following star signs: Capricorn, Taurus, Aquarius, Aries and Leo,' read the ad that appeared over the weekend.
It was followed by a wave of protests from equality groups and led to an investigation by the country's anti-discrimination authorities. The company is, however, sticking to its guns and a spokesman explained that the move was based on statistical research rather than superstition. 'A statistical study indicated that almost all of our best employees across Austria have one of the five star signs. 'We only decided to continue with that system and hire the best workers,' the spokesman said.
An investigation by Austrian authorities showed that there was nothing illegal in choosing the employees according to their star signs, as there was no discrimination according to existing laws about gender, age, racial and other equality.
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6 comments:
Well thank my lucky stars that I'm a Capricorn!!!
If someone is nutty enough to want to work for someone that picks employees this way then have at it. I think though that I would choose to work somewhere else even though I do fit in their criteria.
Wow - Legal discrimination because the affected groups have not yet sued!
"Correlation is not Causation."
There may actually be something in it. Remember, in any particular school grade the pupils will have birthdates ranging over a whole year, but most of them will be in something like a four-month span. The older outliers may have had an advantage, and held to it.
Which has nothing to do with where Alpha Centauri B was at the moment of your birth.
I thought that Austrians were supposed to be intelligent, Mozart, Schubert, Strauss, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Forget the signs. What amazes me is seeing a sane, rational decision handed down by an anti-discrimination authority. Now that's a first!
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