The State of Minnesota and the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) are being investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice to determine whether the state “engaged in race- and sex-based discrimination in its state employment hiring practices.”
Earlier this week, Alpha News published a report about a DHS policy which requires agency staff to justify their reasons for hiring a “non-underrepresented candidate” for a job where there is allegedly “underrepresentation.”
In short, DHS hiring supervisors are required to explain why they did not hire someone from a “protected group(s)” when “representation of one or more protected groups is less than the group’s estimated availability in the relevant geographic area and labor force.”
According to the policy, “females, persons with disabilities, and members of the following minorities: Black, Hispanic, Asian or Pacific Islander, and American Indian or Alaskan native” are all considered “protected group(s).”
A spokesperson for DHS previously told Alpha News that Minnesota law has required state agencies to justify non-affirmative action hires since 1987, and a hiring justification policy has been in place at DHS since 2002.
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Author: Faith Novak
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