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In their advertisements, many employers specify that the applicant should be from a certain nationality or nationalities. What do you say?

Certain employers prefer employees from certain countries. They have their reasons such as amount of salary, culture, etc. Other nationals are filtered out immediately. Is this discriminatory or what? What do you say?

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Question added by HANNA SABA , Team Leader (Administrative Support), including translation, editing, and writing , Deloitte
Date Posted: 2014/04/24
Divyesh Patel
by Divyesh Patel , Assistant Professional Officer- Treasury , City Of Cape Town

Employment discrimination against a national origin group includes discrimination based on:

  1. Ethnicity: Employment discrimination against members of an ethnic group. National origin discrimination also includes discrimination against anyone who does not belong to a particular ethnic group.

  2. Perception: Employment discrimination against an individual based on the employer's belief that he is a member of a particular national origin group.

Deleted user
by Deleted user

Discrimination or not, it is their choice. But more important, instead of finding the best employee for the job, they are limiting their options, which means they have a poor management that is looking for personal comfort instead of performance.

Gabriela Bota
by Gabriela Bota , Montessori Teacher , Gateway International Montessori School

Yes it is!

Saiful Islam Hiron
by Saiful Islam Hiron , Site HR Manager , Handicap International

Definitely, it is a discrimination and indicates that organization has narrow mind. It depends on organizational strategic policy, values, belief, culture and sustainable relationship with other country.

 

This is of course discriminatory, racist and in some countires punishable by law. It is a question of education above all.

ulysses senires
by ulysses senires , Mold and Tool Design Manager , D & M Metal Industries, Inc.

It is not a discriminatory or what it is intended therein, but it is the right and obligation of the Employer to whatever they wanted to be their employees in their companies.

NIZAR PUTTENKUNNU
by NIZAR PUTTENKUNNU , Group Finance Manager , Refa Gifts Markets LLC & Group of Companies

Yes.  Depends upon the country, the employer getting visa or labour permits for a certain nationality only in some cases.  So, it is justifiable.

Mike Adrian Obaña
by Mike Adrian Obaña , Staff Nurse , Medeor 24x7 Hospital Dubai

This should never happen. I'm always voting for equality among all people. It is not a proved fact that certain nationalities are better than the others and it will never will, because this world is so dynamic and all nations are undergoing changes with their education system, cultural system, and technological advancements throughout time, so justifying it with culture and citizenship will only make it more discriminatory in its sense.

 

 

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