JP: Linux System Adminstrator, UofT St. George (WITHDRAWN)

[Andrew Emili]

UPDATE: JP: Linux System Administrator, UofT St. George (Withdrawn)

This position is withdrawn.  Please do not apply.

On 4/7/06, Fernando Duran <liberosec-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> --- Jamon Camisso <jamon.camisso-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > interlug-vSRlqIl1h/9eoWH0uzbU5w at public.gmane.org wrote:
>
> > >   So I asked a law student that I know, what the
> > deal is.  Turns out we
> > > are all correct.  It's wrong to use a photo of the
> > applicant for
> > > discrimination.  But it's okay to require a photo
> > if it is needed for
> > > some reason.  See the example below.
>
> I think that's the idea and it's clearly expressed in
> the Human Rights Comission documents; the employers
> can ask for things if they are related to performing
> the job, like a picture if you are applying for a
> modeling job, or they can discriminate against people
> in wheelchairs if the job requires lifting heavy
> equipment (that's why in retail you have to confirm
> you can lift 20 pounds or whatever) or driving a
> forklift, but not if the job involves say, writing
> code in a computer.
>
> >
> > It's too bad that if you submit a photo and it is
> > used for
> > discriminatory purposes i.e. you don't get an
> > interview lets say, you
> > can't really prove that you were subject to
> > discrimination. As much as
> > the Charter is there, it shouldn't really apply. If
> > anyone applying for
> > a job submits a photo with their application because
> > it is requested,
> > then they are complicit in whatever violation of
> > whatever rights they
> > claim are being violated -- if you permit it you
> > promote it.
>
> I disagree. We're going way off-topic here, but that's
> like saying that people who sign abusive contracts (by
> ignorance for example) are accomplices of people doing
> something illegal in the first place.
>
> >
> > Wrong or not, there isn't really anything to be done
> > about it IMO, apart
> > from not submitting a photo.
>
> Something can be done, in the same way that when you
> see something you think is illegal; you can report it
> to the proper place - the Human Rights Comission in
> this case, and then they'll investigate the case.
>
> Fernando
>
> >
> > Jamon
> > --
>
>
> ---------------------
> Fernando Duran
> http://www.fduran.com
>
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