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Employment Rights Act will turbocharge creative interview techniques
Friday 22 May 2026 5:08 am | Updated: Thursday 21 May 2026 3:36 pm
Employment Rights Act will turbocharge creative interview techniques
By: Chris Deeley
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Driven by the upcoming Employment Rights Act, which grants unfair dismissal rights to new starters after July 1, 2026, businesses are expected to increase the use of creative vetting methods – like Duolingo’s “taxi driver test” – but this exposes them to legal risks of inadvertently causing discrimination or generating a costly perception of unfairness among candidates, says Chris Deeley
Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn recently hit the news following a comment on The Burnouts Podcast that the company had turned down an otherwise promising candidate for CFO because they had been “mean” to the taxi driver taking them from the airport to their interview. The rationale, von Ahn explained, was that “if they’re going to be mean to the driver, they’re probably going to be mean to other people, particularly people under them.” With the Employment Rights Act set to quickly grant unfair dismissal rights to new starters joining after 1 July 2026, it is likely that businesses will explore all options, even the........
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