Can some one suggest how to deal with city which has refused to hire me due to my having color confusion.?

Question

I have recently been denied a job as a laboratory tecnician by city police department due to the reason that as I fail to recognise colors acurately. There are many postions that do not require a color recognition. Is this a discrimination due to my disability and what are my options. Can anyone help me.

Thanks

Answer 1

Apply for a job that doesn't require being able to distinguish colors. The police lab cannot modify/adapt the evidence being tested, or the nationally/internationally accepted testing and evaluation procedures, don't they need to be consistent for the courts?
Are you trained as a lab technician? Could you get a job as a lab tech outside the police department?

Answer 2

The police depatment obviously believe that the job you applied for requires accurate color recognition. In this case they would have every right to deny you the job. There is really no legal recourse at all. All you can do is apply for a position that does not require color recognition.

Answer 3

You need to study the laws protecting against discrimination because of various disabilities.

The work place is supposed to make provsions so that the disability does not bar the person from doing the work, such as ramps for wheel chairs.

However, there is a reasonableness part of this requirement. If they have to get special equipment just for you, so that you can read the science resutls correctly, given your disability, and if that special science equipment will be very expensive, on a budget too limited to pay for it, or if technology is not even available for you to be able to do that job, then they can legitimately refuse to hire you for a job where a person does need to not have your disability.

If you were applying for a job that your disability does not impact, then you have a case of discrimination, where they have misapplied their testing.

Answer 4

If the job you applied for as a laboratory technician has a requirement that the applicant cannot be color blind, then no you cannot sue for discrimination. AND although there may be many positions that do not require the ability to distinguish colors they are not the one you applied for. Apply for one of those positions and see what happens.

Answer 5

No, this is not dicrimination. As a laboratory tech you need to be able to diferentiate between colors for various reasons. The position you applied for according to you is lab tech. In other words there are not many positions. There is one position. There may be many functions the the lab tech performs, but some of those require color recognition and there for the position requires it. Sorry

Answer 6

Unfortunately being color blind is not a reason to sue if you are not given a job.

Some jobs require that applicants not be color blind. Especially a lab job.

If you are still upset about it, you can contact a lawyer, but you probably won't get very far. Sorry.

Answer 7

I'm color blind also. I wasn't able to get into the field of my choice in the military. I couldn't get a job in an electrical or electronic field. Them's the breaks pal. We cannot expect the safety, security or freedom of others to be jeopardized simply because we have a problem. I understand the recessive gene is carried by the mother. Maybe you can sue your mom.

Answer 8

So apply for one of them but not as a technician. in any job a trust must be earned and in a laboratory it is obvious that they think colour recognition is important. it seems to me it is not a question of discrimination but of proper and sensible selection.

Sorry indeed very sorry but that is how it is

Answer 9

Ditto above

There are some kinds of color deficiencies that can be corrected with contact lenses called chromagens. Maybe you could look into that option and then reapply??

Answer 10

All colours can be confusing at times.