Awhile back on the news businesses in Australia run by Asians were getting in trouble for listing their job advertismentsin their native language, presumably so only people of their race (or possibly those that can speak the language) could apply.
This is apparently illegal, but I can't understand why it should be. I don't understand why small private businesses should be obliged to open up their advertisments to people who they clearly don't want.
I also don't understand why it's wrong to discriminate with regards to who you hire. If it's your business and you pay the wages of the employee, you shouldn't have to be forced to interview or hire someone you don't want.
In many cases, being able to the speak the language actually serves as a job skill. The majority of the customers of these Asian-run businesses are probably Asian, many with weak English, and so being able to speak the language is a job skill.
If anyone agrees with the law that advertisement discrimination should be legal, I'd like to know why. I mean, I could possibly understand if we're talking about public corporations or operations that are subsidised by the government, but these are small private businesses, so I don't see the reasoning at all.
This is apparently illegal, but I can't understand why it should be. I don't understand why small private businesses should be obliged to open up their advertisments to people who they clearly don't want.
I also don't understand why it's wrong to discriminate with regards to who you hire. If it's your business and you pay the wages of the employee, you shouldn't have to be forced to interview or hire someone you don't want.
In many cases, being able to the speak the language actually serves as a job skill. The majority of the customers of these Asian-run businesses are probably Asian, many with weak English, and so being able to speak the language is a job skill.
If anyone agrees with the law that advertisement discrimination should be legal, I'd like to know why. I mean, I could possibly understand if we're talking about public corporations or operations that are subsidised by the government, but these are small private businesses, so I don't see the reasoning at all.