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How could you possibly get evidence for it if it is the case?

Not only that but even if you somehow prove it, no lawyer will take the case for actual damages. So the discrimination has to be so egregious that there’s a high likelihood that a jury will award punitive damages and that they will survive appeal.

In Washington State, the Human Rights Commission (not DoL, my bad) performs the investigation and brings forward a case to an administrative law judge. The applicant would not need a lawyer. However, the applicant can bring forward a civil case, if they wish.

The lawyer, in a civil case, should already have all of the evidence they need gathered by the HRC.

States, countries, etc. will differ of course.

I do wonder what it'd be like to have something proved and to have an administrative judge tell the company to hire you anyway... Wouldn't that be super uncomfortable?

Here is a practical test. Make 2 resumes, with 2 different names, one with more experience. Apply, and you wait for the responses, you will have your answer. Even better, change the gender you will see a bias.

Don't they check linkedin, basic googling, social media etc, before following up on that? I would imagine that would be fairly automatic.

And you'd need to have much bigger sample size than 2.

>Don't they check linkedin, basic googling, social media etc, before following up on that

I think some do, but probably most don't. Agreed a sample size of more than 2 is better but it will take enormous resources to create those resumes and matching profiles elsewhere in linkedin etc.

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