Name-blind hiring fails to address interview-stage headscarf discrimination

Evidence

In 2015, the British government, along with a number of large corporations (HSBC, Deloitte, the BBC and the NHS, among others), pledged to operate a ‘name-blind’ recruitment strategy in the hope of reducing discrimination. However, while this initiative is to be applauded, this is a very limited pool of employers and we would like to see it rolled out further. Moreover, it covers only the very first stage of the application process. Weichselbaumer’s important research in Germany raises the possibility that if a Muslim woman were to arrive at interview wearing a headscarf, she might be subject to additional discrimination. — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 294

Categorization

• QUESTION: The claim that ‘additional discrimination’ beyond name-blinding persists is asserted via German research only — worth checking what the UK evidence gap actually is.
• XREF: connects to: Wearing a headscarf more than triples hiring discrimination for qualified women. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 287; Visibly Muslim markers like the headscarf trigger added discrimination in hiring — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia: Still a Challenge for Us…, 281; Correspondence-testing field experiments best demonstrate discrimination but mainly cover ethnic rather than religious bias — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 283

Related

• Wearing a headscarf more than triples hiring discrimination for qualified women. (similarity 0.90)
• Visibly Muslim markers like the headscarf trigger added discrimination in hiring (similarity 0.90)
• Muslim women must conceal religious identity markers to secure employment in hostile climates (similarity 0.81)
• Correspondence-testing field experiments best demonstrate discrimination but mainly cover ethnic rather than religious bias (similarity 0.80)
• Visible Muslim identity measurably worsens job-market outcomes in Britain. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Correspondence-testing field experiments best demonstrate discrimination but mainly cover ethnic rather than religious bias #expands (0.85) — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 283