> From: John Hasler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 3:38 PM > > > Seth writes: > > They have a sense of national pride and feel a part of the Indian > > economy, thus they naturally prefer to hire their own > nationals. That's > > illegal here... > > It is legal in the US to hire only US nationals.
It is illegal in the U.S. to discriminate on the basis of race, creed, national origin and numerous other factors in hiring. There are exceptions where a job requires a security clearance and there are probably other exceptions I am unaware of. Most jobs, however, are subject to the laws against discrimination. As we are all well aware, most companies do _not_ discriminate based on national origin in their hiring decisions because aside from it being illegal, there are large civil remedies. Discrimination lawsuits are horribly expensive and often successful. Even where I live, in the mid-Western U.S., most technology companies have engineers on their staff who were born in other countries. Look at the engineering staff at most technology firms in "the valley" (California, for the non-U.S. readers) and you will clearly see that hiring decisions have little to do with national origin. A significant number of U.S. technology companies have CEO's who were not born in the U.S. While there is still discrimination in the U.S., engineering positions are, thankfully, no longer a big part of that problem. -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
