Job search, controversy: do not ask for compensation and have no family

The story has been discussing for a few days, since some tourists noticed the sign in the windows of a shop, the Magazzini Dal Sasso, in the center of the Vicenza town of Asiago. “We are looking for 18-year-old orders free from family commitments,” says the sign. Those who noticed it immediately defined it as discriminatory, precisely against categories that suffer more than others in the labor market such as women, in particular those who are not very young and those who have children.

Tourists reported the cartel to the local police. Then came politics. There Vicenza senator of Italy Viva Daniela Sbrollini he said the cartel offends everyone: “The women who are discriminated against, the men who are practically excluded. In three lines we summarize all the bewilderment for the work wasted in these years of struggle for equal opportunities. Perhaps a positive fact can be found in the sincerity of the message. It unmasks a basic concept that is often hidden, too frequent and wrong ».

It is not the first such sign in the shop recalling the local news. The owners are older brother and sister. “With my money I pay and hire whoever I want. I am not a public company, where there is an obligation of equal opportunities. I only want serious women with no family commitments ”Mario Dal Sasso reiterated. And again speaking to Repubblica: «If a woman has a family, she is married or has children, we don’t hire her, because every other day she stays at home. In the past we have had orders that make excuses every two days: they wait to be hired and then they find all the reasons not to come to work ». All to reiterate that she has no intention of backing down

The shop hasn’t had any orders for months after the last farewell, just for family reasons. There is no irregularity according to thetrade councilor of Asiago, Nicola Lobbia, but the response of the unions was also immediate. “The freedom to choose one’s employees must deal with the regulations that prohibit discrimination,” said Fabio La Russa, of Filcams Cgil Vicenza.

Instead, hundreds of insults arrived on the social bulletin board of a Bolognese ice cream parlor after an announcement inviting them to try it out before asking for compensation. «The Cremeria is looking for a person to serve at the counter, go to the shop for any information. But remember that in my day before asking “How Much Do I Take?“We tried it out and then talked about money. I recommend the same approach. The ice cream maker.”

The owners of the ice cream parlor, which is a family business, have been defined as “exploiters” and “slavers”, have received death threats and hundreds of negative reviews from all over Italy. “We have been here for sixteen years, we are a family business, and only we know how hard it is to find the right people, the one who doesn’t leave mid-season leaving you in trouble. This is why I like to talk to them, understand them, and only at the end do we talk about money. I rely on intuition, not pretensions. And now they are killing me, “said the owner.

The ice cream parlor has disappeared from social networks and has received the support of many colleagues, all aware of the difficulty of finding reliable staff. What is told in these two cases is the story of a failure to meet in the increasingly frequent world of work.

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Source: Vanity Fair

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