hiring quotas
Mandated recruitment targets
Hiring quotas are numerical targets requiring that a specific number or percentage of positions be filled by members of particular groups—typically based on race, gender, ethnicity, or other demographic categories.
The term often appears in debates about affirmative action and workplace diversity.
Critics use hiring quotas pejoratively to suggest rigid requirements that override merit, while supporters may distinguish between hard quotas (legally mandated numbers) and softer diversity goals.
In the United States, explicit racial quotas in hiring were ruled unconstitutional, though the term persists in political discourse: They claim the policy amounts to hiring quotas.
- affirmative actionPrograms boosting marginalized representation
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- targetsIntended aims or marks
- employmentPaid occupation status
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