Today entered into force amendments to the Labour Code on gender-neutral occupation names in occupation notices. Laws are expected to fight discrimination, but employers have raised an avalanche of uncertainty — especially as to the scope of work and possible consequences. Linguisticians besides have a problem with the left-wing fresh language.
Chaos among employers. alternatively of dealing with recruitment itself, they wonder how to decently compose a occupation ad so as not to be punished for “discrimination”. As the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy explains, this work does not apply to employment contracts and staff papers themselves, but to the content of announcements and does not impose a single pattern of writing their content, indicating the expected freedom to make them.
MRPiPS points out that the legislator has not indicated 1 mandatory way to compose the position names. Employers may usage different solutions unless the transmission excludes any gender. For example, they may be impersonal forms (the ‘HR expert’), double (‘secretary/secretary’), shorthand entries (e.g. ‘k/m’) or another ‘neutral’ language structures. It is precisely at the recruitment phase that the name of the position cannot propose that the offer is aimed solely at women or only at men.
The Ministry emphasises that the aim of the changes is not to hinder recruitment but to guarantee equal access to occupation offers. How employers apply fresh rules in everyday practice will be crucial.
Experts indicate that reality is more grim than the authorities indicate. Failure to adapt the notices to the guidelines mastered by the utmost left of the ministry may consequence in allegations of discrimination and financial penalties. The State Labour Inspection and courts will examine not only the literal wording of the notice, but besides its actual wording. Violation of equal treatment rules can lead to litigation and damages claims, which will undoubtedly benefit feminists and another left-wing activists, destroying Polish companies.
It is already known that for the violation of provisions concerning gender-neutral names of posts in occupation notices, the State Labour Inspectorate may impose a mandate of up to PLN 2 thousand, and in the event of a repeated violation, up to PLN 5 thousand.
According to Karol Wagner of the Management Board of the Tatra Chamber of Commerce (TIG), the provisions “will ridicule employers and lead to misunderstandings”. Wagner stressed that the problem was to replace the names of circumstantial descriptive professions with neutral terms. – For example, replacing the word "reserve" or "reserve" with the phrase "person to keep safety at the pool" suggests that it is individual who does not gotta have the appropriate competences or certificates – explained.
According to the TIG representative, the usage of the ‘person in office’ expression can be read by candidates as a waiver of the request of experience or formal powers. Wagner added that the hotel and catering manufacture has always utilized female names in advertisements, e.g. waitress, receptionist, maid or exclusively male: pizzar, grillman, warehouser.
A akin question is raised by linguist Dr. Artur Czesak, who points to a deficiency of authoritative guidelines. – The Ministry has transferred an work to employers, which it has not defined. There is no gender-neutral directory of professions or consistent guidelines on how to make them – he said. Dr. Czesak recalled that an updated classification of professions was published in November, where names specified as ‘financial director’ or ‘medical secretary’ inactive exist.
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Photo: Head of the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy, judaic Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk.
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