[Avodah] Employing non-tznius staff

[Harry Maryles]

Danny Schoemann <doniels at gmail.com> wrote:
  If I'm involved in hiring more staff for our office, how should I
handle the possibility of hiring a lady who doesn't live up to Rav
Falk's guidelines, to say the least.

What would my halachic and legal options allow me to do?

Assuming that the best person for the job is such a candidate, and the
runner up is a man or a conservatively dressed lady, should I put
business or halacha first?

This is currently theoretical (though we are hiring), but after
thinking about it, I decided I'd like the chevra's input - even though
the answer should be obvious.

(The issue is tzibur-oriented, as there are many frum Yidden working
here, and there's always meetings that you have to be present at, and
can't "look at the floor" while being polite.)
  In my view, if you are charged by your employers to get the best employee available, you are forbidden to hire someone less qualified for Tznius reasons. Your options are as follows: 
   
  1)Tell you employers about your tznius concerns and the differences between the better qualified untznius woman and the lesser qualified tznius woman and see if they would accept the lesser qualifiued woman. 
   
   
  2) As in all matters of Halacha your job concerns are secondary to Halachic imperitives. If the Tznius violations are such that it would cause you to violate Halacha by being around her, be prepared to resign if your employer hires her. If OTOH the Tznius violations are minor, for example, if she is married and doesn't cover her hair, I wouldn't worry about it.
   
  The one thing you cannot do, IMHO is lie about it. To hire a lesser qulaified candidate and say that she was the most qualified because of your Tznius concerns would be G'neivas Daas.
   
  HM
   


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