is it legal for business to put an add out that specifies they are only hiring females?
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is it legal for business to put an add out that specifies they are only hiring females?
I found an add to a job i wanted to apply for and noticed they are only hiring females. The business is a medical marijuana dispensary that has both male and female workers as well as a very mixed group of customers. Is it legal for them to specifically only hire females to work behind the counter? I know it is only to attract the males that come to the store.
Asked on October 24, 2011 under Employment Labor Law, California
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 13 years ago | Contributor
No, this is very far from legal. There are a few--very few--times when a company may legally hire someone only of one gender or the other. For example, a sports club or hotel, which is hiring for a locker room or bathroom attendent, could clearly only hire woman for the ladies room, men for for men's room. A male doctor may be able to only advertise for an hire a female nurse, if he needs a woman in his office to be present when examining a female patient. Jails and prisons can hire some guards specifically of each sex, to work in the appropriate wings of the prison. Etc.
But barring situations like that, sex discrimination in employment is illegal, and a business may not hire only women to attract male clients.
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