http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jan/1/eeoc-high-school-diploma-might-violate-americans-w/

Employers are facing more uncertainty in the wake of a letter from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission warning them that requiring a high school diploma from a job applicant might violate the Americans with Disabilities Act.


This is great news! No only does America suck in the Education dept, but now more incentive to not go to college!!@

 

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Way to be competitive on the global market.

 

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having a HS diploma doesn't give a potential employer any relevant information....it's a dumb requirement anyways

 

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There are high schools giving classes on how to break the law proper?

 

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HS is so easy to pass. Cant believe some people drop out

Just do your homework and show up for class and you will pass

 

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If you can't graduate HS I don't want you working for me. It shows me a lack of commitment.

 

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Why dont you finish taking off that black underwear and i will work my long and hard commitment into you, you will be suitably impressed.

Well that the first rape threat I've seen on the Outpost.

Happy New Year!

 

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Didn't know Sobaki rerolled...

 

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"The “informal discussion letter” from the EEOC said an employer’s requirement of a high school diploma, long a standard criterion for screening potential employees, must be “job-related for the position in question and consistent with business necessity.” The letter was posted on the commission’s website on Dec. 2.

Employers could run afoul of the ADA if their requirement of a high school diploma “‘screens out’ an individual who is unable to graduate because of a learning disability that meets the ADA’s definition of ‘disability,’” the EEOC explained.

The commission’s advice, which does not carry the force of law, is raising alarms among employment-law professionals, who say it could carry far-reaching implications for businesses.

Maria Greco Danaher, a lawyer with the labor and employment law firm Ogletree Deakins, said the EEOC letter means that employers must determine whether job applicants whose learning disabilities kept them from obtaining diplomas can perform the essential job functions, with or without reasonable accommodation. She said the development is “worthy of notice” for employers.

“While an employer is not required to ‘prefer’ a learning-disabled applicant over other applicants with more extensive qualifications, it is clear that the EEOC is informing employers that disabled individuals cannot be excluded from consideration for employment based upon artificial barriers in the form of inflexible qualification standards,” she wrote in a blog post."

OH MY GOD we might not be able to discriminate against disabled people who can't graduate because of their disability, the sky is falling!!11

I often get the impression people like Kamdar don't even bother to ead the articles they post and just go with the one sentence "summary" they get from their talking points website.

Edit: Also, it isn't "to be illegal." The EEOC's letter has no status as force of law. It shows the agency's interpretation but that doesn't make it the law.