Select 3 of the following myths and outline how you as an HR professional would

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Question

Select 3 of the following myths and outline how you as an HR professional would respond to someone who shared this belief.

1. It leads to hiring unqualified workers.

2. It causes an overnight change in the workforce makeup.

3. It is a plan that would make Calgary’s workforce look like Toronto.

4. This program lays off white males to make room for designated group members.

5. It is a program mainly for racial minorities.

6. Employers who implement the plan can destroy hard won seniority provisions that protect all workers.

7. It is the end of hiring white males.

8. It is reverse discrimination.

Myth 1:

Myth 2:

Myth 3:

1. The programme will not lead to hiring of unqualified person as minimum qualification has been laid down for the jobs.

4. There is no clause which specifically lays down the condition that designated members be given preference over the white males by laying them off.

7. The programme will not lead to hiring of white males, it just gives the designated members some reservation in the job market to uplift them