To combat discrimination in hiring, a new law to test companies

From the ” test » automatic to combat discrimination? On Wednesday 6 December, the National Assembly adopted a text to combat sexist, racial and even geographical discrimination, particularly in hiring.

Against discrimination in access to work, housing or even bank loans

Therefore, this text intends to make the “statistical tests” AND “individual », so-called testing, with companies and public administrations. A practice that consists of writing CVs or files by modifying some elements, such as surname, age, the city, or even the type. Thus, thanks to these CVs and files, the test allows you to verify whether a company discriminates against people due to their origin.

As part of this new law, these tests will be prepared by the inter-ministerial delegation for the fight against racism, anti-Semitism and anti-LGBT hatred (Dilcrah), which will help anyone who feels discriminated against in accessing work, but also in accessing housing or even bank loans.

Furthermore, this law aims to create an anti-discrimination servicedirectly integrated into Dilcrah, under the supervision of the Prime Minister Elizabeth Borne.

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If the rights defender, Claire Hedonwelcomed for the initiatives of the text, still deplores the outcome of the tests: once the tests have been passed and discrimination has been ascertained, the institutional bodies will be responsible for the outcome of these disputes, and not the Rights Defense organisation, which according to her it is “ the competent authority “, reported theFrench media agency.

Because today, even if the tests are already admitted by the penal code In the event of a discrimination complaint, convictions are rare, if not non-existent. For example, Nobody was not pronounced in 2020.

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