In general, an employment agency is defined by Title VII as any person who regularly undertakes to procure employees for an employer, or to procure employment opportunities for an employee; the definition includes an agent of such a person. EEOC Notice Number 915.002 provides public guidance as to issue of whether a staffing employee is protected from discrimination at the workplace that the employee is sent to. The EEOC clearly holds that “staffing firm workers are generally covered under … [Read more...]
May an employer discriminate in job ads seeking only certain gender or age?
Federal code 42 U.S.C.A. 2000e-3(b) proscribes employers from "printing or publishing or causing to be printed or published any notice or advertisement that indicates a preferece, limitation, specification, or discrimination" of any particular protected class. For example, advertisements textually or facially soliciting "boys," "girls," "students," or "recent graduates" are suspect. 29 CFR 1625.4 (a) Employers challenged this and the Supreme Court stated this limitation does not violate the … [Read more...]