This article presents data from a survey of 350 human resources managers and union representatives in Greater Montreal. The results reveal that recruitment, selection, professional advancement and equal access to employment practices of companies and the attitudes of respondents would initiate an unequal treatment of visible minority employees. In addition, the skills expected from professional advancement candidates indicate the presence of implicit rules, standards and practices in most of companies. However, this organizational culture compromises the visible minority right to equality a group that has historically been discriminated against.