OK, but all I see is how companies hiring managers are looking to hire females and minorities - anyone but white men, basically. I read this everywhere, it is ubiquitous how companies seek out women and POC.
Recently, a law was passed in California that corporate board of directors are required to be 50% women. I'm not sure why it was only women, and not equal representative amounts of hispanic, black, asian, middle eastern, Polish, Australian aborigines, gay, trans, atheists, 18-25 year olds, etc. But in any case, it seems like companies can and do screen positively for women and POC.
Companies can't legally prefer hiring applicants based on protected characteristics, including sex or race. They are allowed to do sourcing work to increase the diversity of their pipeline, but not to go so far as to effectively exclude people based on protected characteristics. I am not a lawyer.
Recently, a law was passed in California that corporate board of directors are required to be 50% women. I'm not sure why it was only women, and not equal representative amounts of hispanic, black, asian, middle eastern, Polish, Australian aborigines, gay, trans, atheists, 18-25 year olds, etc. But in any case, it seems like companies can and do screen positively for women and POC.
Is this NOT the case?