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Tony, social worker, 2015). However, despite enforcing laws addressing wrongdoing in the workforce, many issues still need to be addressed, especially for LGBT workers. Staff recruitment and hiring practices. Recruiting and hiring are the activities that have the most critical impact on agency performance, and human resources managers are challenged to attract and retain the most qualified candidates who will be able to achieve agency goals effectively. Today more than ever we live in the dynamic mix of different cultures, races, lifestyles, sexual orientation and more. So, it is important for agencies to have workers who represent that diversity and, like Tony, social workers are called upon to advocate for vulnerable populations and unfortunately the LGBT community is still vulnerable in our society (O. Tony, social worker, 2015). Therefore, the Social Protection Service should address LGBT people in recruitment and hiring practices to avoid discriminatory actions during the hiring process and train recruiters not only to