could our "protected characteristic" of autism be cancelled?

Iain said:

Countries enforcing race or gender diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies will now be at risk of the Trump administration deeming them as infringing on human rights.

Like Cat woman, I think he talks the talk but rarely walks the walk. The US needs allies and I doubt they'd get into conflict with the UK or Europe. He can have his opinion, but it's up to the governments and people of individual countries to set their own laws and policies.

One thing I'm not sure about though, is what constitutes fairness and equity in recruitment. I did an internet search to find DEI policies and the result I got firstly suggests "blind recruitment" where the details of each candidate are not known to the personnel creating an interview shortlist , but then goes on to recommend actively recruiting from under-represented groups. I'm not quite sure how you can do both?

To my mind, the fairest way of recruiting is to look for the person who is best suited to the post, regardless  of their identity characteristics. The problem is that in some companies you'll have a management who claim to be fair in the recruitment process but that isn't reflected in their workforce (for example, they won't have any foreign workers, no British Black or Asian ones, and the managers are all white males) while in other organisations the recruitment process seems favoured towards diversity, which can lead talented white British people to wonder if they are being overlooked because of their identity. I feel that "equity " can be difficult to judge in these circumstances.

Iain said:

Countries enforcing race or gender diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies will now be at risk of the Trump administration deeming them as infringing on human rights.

Like Cat woman, I think he talks the talk but rarely walks the walk. The US needs allies and I doubt they'd get into conflict with the UK or Europe. He can have his opinion, but it's up to the governments and people of individual countries to set their own laws and policies.

One thing I'm not sure about though, is what constitutes fairness and equity in recruitment. I did an internet search to find DEI policies and the result I got firstly suggests "blind recruitment" where the details of each candidate are not known to the personnel creating an interview shortlist , but then goes on to recommend actively recruiting from under-represented groups. I'm not quite sure how you can do both?

To my mind, the fairest way of recruiting is to look for the person who is best suited to the post, regardless  of their identity characteristics. The problem is that in some companies you'll have a management who claim to be fair in the recruitment process but that isn't reflected in their workforce (for example, they won't have any foreign workers, no British Black or Asian ones, and the managers are all white males) while in other organisations the recruitment process seems favoured towards diversity, which can lead talented white British people to wonder if they are being overlooked because of their identity. I feel that "equity " can be difficult to judge in these circumstances.

Lotus said:

I think he talks the talk but rarely walks the walk

My biggest concern here is that he has actively persued the DEI cancellation in the US and itt is picking up momentum within the government and military as a starting point and seems to be working its way out to the red states.