OT: Funny/Scary, Big Brother Watches

Are there laws against companies wanting to see your medical records as part of the hiring process? I'd want to see the maintenance records before leasing an expensive piece of equipment.

It's refreshing to look at employment ads in places like Hong Kong where they don't burden business with all this socialist stuff- "wanted 23-25 year old attractive female office girl". Why not just ask for what you want?

Best regards, Spehro Pefhany

"Reality is what trips you when you walk around with your eyes closed."

Robert

Well, I am merely a guest in your venue. :-)

But, as far as identifying in yourself what has attracted me to your reality, that's your prerogative. And it can be a delightful adventure. :-)

Thanks, Rich

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I read in sci.electronics.design that Robert wrote (in ) about 'OT: Funny/Scary, Big Brother Watches', on Sat, 19 Feb 2005:

True, but Rich is a bit too far away for me to trip over. Unless he's achieved omnipresence, of course. (;-)

You don't get it, this is a step away from your don't look good enough, smoking, drinking off hours, and high blood pressure have nothing to do with a great number of jobs today! Of course if you have no arms you can't get a warehouse person expected to drive a fork lift! But if you were a smoker and a fork-lift driver and could do the job it should not!

sickness,

new

welfare

;-) Maybe that's why they left.

Best regards, Spehro Pefhany

I agree, but it's rather cynical for HK chinese to come to NZ and then scream blue bloody murder about being discriminated against because of their race!!

Barry Lennox

Oh NO! From the way the world looks, I must really be screwed up royal. What do I do now? GC

Look the other way of course! {;-) GC

A step back to more like it used to be. Drinking and smoking could get you fired on moral grounds in a lot of places in the US. Though that was enforced more on Women than Men. They also could get fired for wearing pants and a lot of other reasons.

Robert

No, actually that would be Denial, which caused all of the problems in the first place:

Cheers! Rich

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I repeat: Shouldn't a company be able to have a *reasonable* expectation that their new hires will be physically capable of doing the job? Companies aren't welfare institutions.

Not having enough experience to do a job is also "a step away from your(sic) don't look good enough"

-Chuck Harris

Because we were supposed to leave this stuff behind years ago.

alarmed

anyone

assist

sickness,

"Supposed" is an item of faith.

And not all (most?) people share that faith.

Robert