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Literacy skill is not a protected class.

You can reject candidates for performance-related reasons. You cannot reject a candidate for status within a protected class. Structured patterns suggesting protected-class discrimination may raise issues, though typically require convincing evidence. Offsetting considerations (say, recruiting or mentoring programmes) might be considered mitigating.




Literacy skill is not a protected class.

Literacy skill itself is not, but be VERY careful with that. Learning disabilities are still disabilities, and those 100% are protected.

https://www.understood.org/en/community-events/blogs/in-the-...


Interesting casse. Not precedent-setting as I read it.


The EEOC does not establish precedent, it is a federal agency, not a court, so correct-it is not "prcedent" setting. But it is still relevant and worth caution, care and consideration when assessing potential hires based on 'literacy'. Non-Compliance is costly.

And with that, I conclude my alliterative TED Talk on best practices and compliance in hiring.




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