JAPAN PERSONNEL
July 1st, 2003
BY MARK ROWE
A JAPANESE city authority is positively discriminating in favour of non-smokers when it hires new employees. If a smoking applicant and a non-smoker are rated equally during interviews for city council posts in Yamato, the non-smoker will be favoured. "We won't ban hiring smokers," an official said. "But we will urge those who smoke to stop."
A JAPANESE city authority is positively discriminating in favour of non-smokers when it hires new employees. If a smoking applicant and a non-smoker are rated equally during interviews for city council posts in Yamato, the non-smoker will be favoured. "We won't ban hiring smokers," an official said. "But we will urge those who smoke to stop."
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