Many private employers also avoid hiring veiled women, making it hard for strictly observant Muslim women to find jobs.

Mr. Brimmer noted that employers were avoiding hiring to escape paying for benefits like health insurance and vacations.

In these circumstances, can the employer legitimately avoid liability under section 40(1)?

"Or, if you try to get an answer, the prospective employer will actively avoid you."

Many have been unable to find work, and say employers avoid hiring war veterans for fear that they will prove unstable or dangerous.

But there is general agreement that those programs are inefficient, and employers often avoid them.

Time was, most employers avoided ex-convicts at all costs, but that attitude is slowly changing.

How can an employer avoid being sued?

Because of liability concerns, many employers, especially larger ones, have avoided hiring anyone to give advice.

One of my sons worked for an employer who was very health conscious: the employer avoided the toxic jobs and gave them to the youngest workers.