An Austrian insurance company made the headlines this week for discriminating in the hiring process — based on zodiac signs. The Salzburg insurance company, after reviewing a statistical study conducted in Austria, concluded that the best employees in the country had only five signs.<\/p>\n
First appearing over the weekend, Salzburg’s ad read: “We are looking for people over 20 for part-time jobs in sales and management with the following star signs: Capricorn, Taurus, Aquarius, Aries and Leo.”<\/p>\n
The public, along with many equality groups, were enraged, and anti-discrimination authorities conducted an investigation. In the end, though, it was determined that in Austria discrimination only counts when it’s based on race, age and gender: not the sign you were born under.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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