Wednesday, January 03, 2007

I smell legislation

Is the Department of Work and Pension gearing up to bring in positive discrimination legislation and/or regulations for all jobs advertised at JobCentres? Call me a cynic if you must, but the recent press release by the DWP on GNN does make me wonder. Apparently,
"Having a diverse workforce could help boost sales and attract recruits according to new research conducted for Jobcentre Plus (1). According to the research one in two (56%) customers would be more likely to use a business they knew to have a diverse workforce, and the vast majority of the 2,000 respondents (79%) think it is important for businesses to have such a policy in place."
How long before we hear about plans to enforce positive discrimination (or perhaps it could be called "diversity quotaing") practices on employers wishing to use the JobCentre as a recruiter with "it's good for business" as the argument?

2 comments:

AntiCitizenOne said...

I'd prefer the term legal racism.

youdontknowme said...

I think its a load of rubbish. When I go shopping I don't pick a shop because of the diverse workforce. I pick it because I like what they are selling for the price they are selling it at.