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Unfortunately, discrimination in job vacancy texts still occurs in the Netherlands. Sometimes, individuals of a specific gender, age, or background are explicitly requested. The Inspectorate of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment, which oversees this area, aims to combat this discrimination by enhancing its oversight of job vacancies posted by employers.
The Inspectorate wants to have access to a tool, a 'job vacancy scanner', that collects online job vacancies and assesses them (automatically) for potential discrimination. This information can then be used by the Inspectorate to take immediate action towards the party that posted the discriminatory vacancy after human review, or to opt for a more general supervision approach based on an aggregated view of sectors where discriminatory vacancies are frequently posted.
Dialogic will be developing this job vacancy scanner in the upcoming period for and with the Inspectorate of Social Affairs and Employment.