{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/328237.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":328237,"parliament":{"period":"2019-2024","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2024-05-30T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Compel companies to remove candidates' names from job application forms.","background":"Job seekers from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds are discriminated against because they do not have \"white-sounding\" names. Removing names from job application forms could make it easier for some job seekers in the initial stages of hiring.","additional_details":"People from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds are less likely to be shortlisted for jobs simply because of their names. White-sounding names receive 50 percent more callbacks for interviews (American Economic Review, Vol. 94, No. 4, September 2004). The same research determined that having a white-sounding name is worth as much as eight years of work experience. People from BAME backgrounds should not suffer discrimination simply because their names don't sound 'white'.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":10,"created_at":"2020-06-19T12:57:17.548Z","updated_at":"2020-07-21T11:29:20.722Z","rejected_at":"2020-07-21T11:29:20.726Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2020-06-19T14:16:54.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":"You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/331511\r\n\r\nWe have also published several petitions about race and equality more widely, which you can view here: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions?state=open&topic=race-and-equality"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}