Is any situation in life more delicate than telling one person “You’re hired,” while turning down all the other applicants for the job?
Well...yes. Nevertheless, Tarl Kudrick (writer) and Matt Howarth (artist) are proud to present an illustrated story we call:
Real discrimination, perceived discrimination, bureaucracy, and lawyers all guarantee that the best person for the job ends up working somewhere else. The best you can hope for is that the people you don’t hire don’t sue you.
There are plenty of rules about hiring in the U.S., but the essence is: give everyone a fair chance.
It is critical to modern hiring law that every job applicant be treated equally.
Treating every applicant equally may be harder than you think.
I have nightmares about needing to hire an Equal Opportunity lawyer, and getting four candidates of equal merit but with different demographics.
Just try to select one over the others without looking prejudiced.
Small businesses don’t face nearly as many legal restrictions on hiring decisions, which is why nepotism is so rampant...
(cough)
I mean, which is why family businesses do so well in the U.S.
So what can big businesses do if they want to hire people and still avoid the courtroom? Try selecting people based on their ignorance of labor law. It’s worth a try.
