Then you hire them, they can’t do the jobs. You write them up for their inabilities. They take you to the labor board and try to sue you. You have clearly followed the rules and demonstrate this to the mediator. The decision goes in favor of the company and the person you hired walks away more bitter than before and more convinced that the world is out to get him. IT’S ALL FRIGGING BULLSHIT.
Once at al labor hearing, one string of evidence against me was that I asked a black person what the word “nappy” meant. He was talking to one of the residents and used the word. I did not understand it. So… I asked. His reply… “It’s a black thing.” I kid you not. I just let it go.
A nappy to me is a child’s diaper. Blacks use the word with each other to mean frizzled and in need of a trim, unless they are using it as an insult and then it means “filthy.” Depends on how it is said. I know of very few white people who would know to use the word.
Anyway… I just told the guy I was curious and I shared the response I got. Then… “Yes I did.” (He was a white guy.) I asked him if he knew what the word meant. He changed the topic and asked another question. I was smiling on the inside.
Anyway, I won the case. I won all the cases but for one. And that one we disputed the results, my boss went to the labor board, and the original decision was overturned. We pretty much knew what we were doing when we fired people for cause.