Here are some myths about employment equity:
• It leads to hiring unqualified workers.
• It causes an overnight change in the workforce makeup.
• It is a plan that would make Calgary’s workforce look like Toronto’s.
• This program lays off white males to make room for designated group members.
• It is a program mainly for racial minority groups.
• Employers who implement the plan can destroy hard-won seniority provisions that protect all workers.
• It is the end of hiring for white males.