In Austria, a company is under fire for claiming that the most efficient workers will be one of five zodiac signs. Other star signs need not bother responding to its advertisements.
An Austrian insurance company is in trouble for only wanting employees born under certain astrological signs.
The company, based in Salzburg, advertised in major newspapers, seeking people to work in sales and management. But the ad also stated they must be born at certain times of the year - because 'statistics' suggested they were the hardest workers.
One 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,' read the ad that appeared over the weekend.
The ads led to mass protests by equality groups, and the company is now being investigated by anti - discrimination authorities.
Undeterred, the company insists that it has statistical research to support its claims: 'A study indicated that almost all of our best employees across Austria have one of the five star signs. 'We only decided to continue with that system and hire the best workers,' a spokesman said.
An investigation by Austrian authorities showed that there was nothing illegal in choosing the employees according to their star signs, as there was no discrimination according to existing laws.
A spokeswoman for the employee’s association of Salzburg told local TV: 'When an employer considers star signs and says: "I want to only hire Pisces, for an example, it must be assumed that within this group of people born under the sign of Pisces there are old and young people, women and women etc. It does appear like a certain limitation, but it is not discrimination.'
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