Fifteen private employment agencies pledged themselves yesterday to ignore biased inquiries among clients seeking workers.
Dr. Dan Hill, Ontario Human Rights Commission director, said the pledge would set a new tone in employers’ relations with employment agencies.
“It may not completely eliminate discrimination but it will be a big step, ” Dr. Hill said, “No employer will be able to call up and say: Don’t send me any Negroes or Jews.’ “
The pledge provides for the promulgation of a clear policy of non-discrimination to all supervisors and interviewers and for acceptance and classification of job orders from employers based on specifications of fitness, not on race, color or creed.
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