What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
New Mexico North
Is it legal for a public/government employer to "cater" jobs to people? By "cater" I mean to fix/change the standards on the job postings constantly so that only the people you like are able to apply, and thus get promoted?
Here's an example of what I'm talking about. You have 5 employees. You like one person for promotion. So you create a job posting that specifically lists that persons experience/education/training so that only that person can get the job....The next time a promotion is available, you change the posting again to hire the next person you like.
Basically my employer has changed the standards numerous times for the position of manager. The most recent time they changed it so that only ONE person could apply. They'll say "you must have 5 years experience for manager," one time.....then a few months later it'll change to "you must have 3 years experience and taken a very obscure training." They've done this and re-written postings to let less qualified people that they like apply. We had an assistant general manager position that clearly stated "must have a bachelors degree." There were plenty of candidates with bach. degrees, however my employer wanted someone that did not have a degree for that position, so they re-wrote the job posting so that it did not require a degree, and just like that the person they wanted gets the promotion over the more qualified people.
Is that legal?
New Mexico North
Is it legal for a public/government employer to "cater" jobs to people? By "cater" I mean to fix/change the standards on the job postings constantly so that only the people you like are able to apply, and thus get promoted?
Here's an example of what I'm talking about. You have 5 employees. You like one person for promotion. So you create a job posting that specifically lists that persons experience/education/training so that only that person can get the job....The next time a promotion is available, you change the posting again to hire the next person you like.
Basically my employer has changed the standards numerous times for the position of manager. The most recent time they changed it so that only ONE person could apply. They'll say "you must have 5 years experience for manager," one time.....then a few months later it'll change to "you must have 3 years experience and taken a very obscure training." They've done this and re-written postings to let less qualified people that they like apply. We had an assistant general manager position that clearly stated "must have a bachelors degree." There were plenty of candidates with bach. degrees, however my employer wanted someone that did not have a degree for that position, so they re-wrote the job posting so that it did not require a degree, and just like that the person they wanted gets the promotion over the more qualified people.
Is that legal?