StoneSoup Posted June 22, 2013 Report Share Posted June 22, 2013 New York's only Welsh pub to pay $2,500 after asking for British job applicants The owners of New York's only Welsh pub have reluctantly reached a deal with the city's Human Rights Commission after they indicated a preference for British applicants for a bar job. ] Michael and Jennifer Colbert, who run the Longbow Pub and Pantry in Brooklyn, agreed to pay a $2,500 (£1,600) settlement and to undergo anti-discrimination training. The advertisement that landed them in trouble with the zealots at the HRC was placed on the website Craigslist. "Energetic and enthusiastic men and women with an appreciation of craft beer, good food, whisky and real football (a k a soccer)," it read. "Being British definitely works in your favour." Mr Colbert, who is from Wrexham, and his wife, an American, made clear that they were happy to hire a non-British bartender as long as they understood certain key cultural differences. As Mrs Colbert wrote to the commission: "It is essential to know that Wales is not where the Princess is from, why Everton v Liverpool is an important match, that 'knocking someone up' is not about being pregnant, a banger has nothing to do with gangs, black pudding is not a dessert and that the Old Firm has nothing to do with attorneys." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10135068/New-Yorks-only-Welsh-pub-to-pay-2500-after-asking-for-British-job-applicants.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted June 22, 2013 Report Share Posted June 22, 2013 No problem, just make it a requirement that applicants must be fluent in Welsh. Except that someone from Wrexham probably couldn't even count from 1 to 5 in Welsh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
163 Posted June 22, 2013 Report Share Posted June 22, 2013 Or in English Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroyinEwa/Perv Posted June 22, 2013 Report Share Posted June 22, 2013 Pretty sad in my home country when you post a job advertisement for the type of employee you need and you get fined for it. What a crock of shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobbledonk Posted June 22, 2013 Report Share Posted June 22, 2013 Can you stipulate that you want a 'Latin-American minus Latin-American temperament' in a job ad ? I'm thinking a submissive version of Sofie Vergara to act as my guide and interpreter in LA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 I knew a career Army NCO whose wife got fired in just 2 days from her office job in Florida. The advert had said "bilingual" and she is fluent in three languages - English, German and French. They should have specified they wanted a Spanish speaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjk90210 Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 Ah, good old Bay Ridge. 95% of the applicants would have been off-the-boat Irish no matter what they put in the ad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekong Posted July 25, 2013 Report Share Posted July 25, 2013 Surprised Waerth has not spat the dummy at this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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