Gender discrimination in hiring decisions is against the law. It's as simple as that, right?
Wrong!
If you feel like you are being discriminated at work (based on your gender), think twice before you start screaming blue murder – you might actually be wrong for once...
Although there is in fact a law that says it's illegal to discriminate anyone based on race or sex, there are also certain circumstances in which it is allowed.
Some employers deliberately hire applicants of a certain gender to meet fixed quota or as a result of an affirmative action program. Affirmative action is a program, obligated by the government. If a government contractor notices that there is a huge imbalance in the hiring of a specific gender , a company may be obligated by law to exclusively hire people from that group to boost the male-female ratio to an equilibrium.
For example: if your company is rather male-dominated, affirmative action will force you to hire a lot of women, and almost no men. In circumstances like this one, 'discrimination' in hiring may in fact be warranted.
In any other situations however, discrimination remains 100 % prohibited!
source: http://www.entrepreneur.com/humanresources/employmentlaw/article54796.html
Mike De Ridder
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