Things an employer cannot ask during an interview...
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Age: Look at graduation dates on education, total years of experience from CV Religion: Mention that you like to see hobbies and interests on CV Political Standing: Place political satire jokes around the office before interview and await comments Sex: Duh, have a look. Marital Status: Ring? No Ring Kids: Mention that you are considering providing daycare as a perk and ask if that would be a perk that would interest the candidate. All illegal questions have legal counterpart questions to reveal the answer.
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Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote:
Marital Status: Ring? No Ring
That's not a real good one. I've been married for 20 years and haven't worn a ring for more than 1/2 of that time. My father, up to 54 years with my mother, never wore one for the 27 years he worked due to job considerations. Now that he's retired, he still doesn't wear one (doesn't fit well in his golf grip, I guess). JudyL
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peterchen wrote:
Hiring Gender B would allow the new employee to demand separate restrooms, which requires major changes to the plumbing, or for which you would need to move to a new office.
I am flabbergasted you and Nish seem to live in countries that don't already demand separate facilities irrespective of employee makeup. Here in Ireland a building has to have facilities for both genders and for the disabled. Same back home in South Africa. Do these companies that only have male toilets only have male clients that visit? What happens when a female client visits?
peterchen wrote:
Your area of business benefits from long-term / lifelong employment, but the place already looks like a geriatric ward. To give your company a future, you decide to hire young people.
Weak argument.
peterchen wrote:
You run a bar catering to 25-35 year old male singles.
You'll find this sorts itself out without recourse to filtering CVs.
peterchen wrote:
You are hiring pilots.
Eh? Which gender is incapable of piloting a vehicle?
peterchen wrote:
Your best clients are men-hating lesbians.
:rolleyes: Come on peterchen.
peterchen wrote:
Your company, parent company or your contry has regulations that give older people better benefits, or limits your ability to fire them.
So hire young people and fire them before they get too old? :laugh:
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
Paul Watson wrote:
Do these companies that only have male toilets only have male clients that visit? What happens when a female client visits?
To make things simple for everybody, I think they should make toilets like the ones on an airplane (genderless), but with more room. I never went into the female restroom in my company for obvious reasons. One day the cleaning lady kept the door wide open which allowed me to see what was inside: They had a nice looking sofa! Why can't we have one in the male restroom? Not that I like to sit down after doing my business. :-D
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The very act of asking to see such a license, if it contained a DOB, would be illegal.
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I'm so gangsta I eat cereal without the milkDavid Wulff wrote:
The very act of asking to see such a license, if it contained a DOB, would be illegal.
Well then how do they prove they are qualified or legally able to fly?
CleaKO
"I think you'll be okay here, they have a thin candy shell. 'Surprised you didn't know that.'" - Tommy (Tommy Boy)
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OK, this is useful. You cannot ask about someone's: - Age - Religion - Politics - Sex and sexual preference (latex) - If they have or are planning to have kids - If they are or are planning marriage I assume you also cannot ask about someone's race or species. But can you ask about: - Height - Medical conditions (like eyesight) - Physical adnormalities - Mental illnesses - Medication
NealAB wrote:
I assume you also cannot ask about someone's race or species.
Why not ask about species? "Are you a human or a Twi'lek[^]?" would be a normal question these days.
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David Wulff wrote:
The very act of asking to see such a license, if it contained a DOB, would be illegal.
Well then how do they prove they are qualified or legally able to fly?
CleaKO
"I think you'll be okay here, they have a thin candy shell. 'Surprised you didn't know that.'" - Tommy (Tommy Boy)
"Fill it up again! Fill it up again! Once it hits your lips, it's so good!" - Frank the Tank (Old School)It's simple: you ask for for the license, and break the law. That is the problem with that law, and any other law created as a result of a PC campaign -- it is totally unenforcable in real life. Welcome to Britain.
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I mean, if you call them prostitutes or any other related term. It's a law the city's government and deputies made in order to avoid discrimination, or so they said. Stupid law for me though.
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OK, this is useful. You cannot ask about someone's: - Age - Religion - Politics - Sex and sexual preference (latex) - If they have or are planning to have kids - If they are or are planning marriage I assume you also cannot ask about someone's race or species. But can you ask about: - Height - Medical conditions (like eyesight) - Physical adnormalities - Mental illnesses - Medication
In the US all medical data is confidential. The employer cannot ask how bad the perscription for the glasses is. You cannot ask about mental illness or medication unless the medication. Now an applicant might say, "I have to take frequent breaks to monitor my diabetes." But if there is any indication you did not hire that person because of the diabetes, then you are in trouble.
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It's simple: you ask for for the license, and break the law. That is the problem with that law, and any other law created as a result of a PC campaign -- it is totally unenforcable in real life. Welcome to Britain.
Ðavid Wulff What kind of music should programmers listen to?
Join the Code Project Last.fm group | dwulff
I'm so gangsta I eat cereal without the milkDavid Wulff wrote:
Welcome to Britain.
Sames laws here in the US.
CleaKO
"I think you'll be okay here, they have a thin candy shell. 'Surprised you didn't know that.'" - Tommy (Tommy Boy)
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Why wouldn't you hire someone based on age and sex?
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
Paul Watson wrote:
Why wouldn't you hire someone based on age and sex?
Because most women would prefer that the attendant in the woman's bathroom is female. Because many communities would object to having 16 year olds working as bartenders. Because many communities would object to having 8 year olds work at all. Because "seniors" (those in their 60+ years) would feel more comfortable discussing the problems that come with age, emotional, physical and financial, with someone who is say older than 40 than someone who is 18. Because clubs that cater to the 18+, or even 16+ crowd find that go-go dancers that are 60+ years do not draw crowds like those that are less than 30. Of course the last two could actually represent borderline cases. Those would be ones where one needs more information to decide if a candidate will work or not. Similar to deciding if someone who has 2 years of programming experience is actually going to fit for a job that was really supposed to require 4 years.
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NealAB wrote:
I assume you also cannot ask about someone's race or species.
Why not ask about species? "Are you a human or a Twi'lek[^]?" would be a normal question these days.
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Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
Why not ask about species? "Are you a human or a Twi'lek[^]?" would be a normal question these days.
Yes, Kenders[^] are good in dangerous jobs!
Engaged in the learning of English grammar. ;)
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peterchen wrote:
Probably it was meant for
err... post Rosie the Riviter[^] era. Women entered the workforce in "force" to support the war effort, and no one could force them back out, luckily.
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ah yes, fair enough!
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In some places of the city, yes. Those zones are known as "red zones" where prostitution is tolerable, as long as they keep a low profile.
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Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
Why not ask about species? "Are you a human or a Twi'lek[^]?" would be a normal question these days.
Yes, Kenders[^] are good in dangerous jobs!
Engaged in the learning of English grammar. ;)
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger:Hehe, yes, but they might find something else that gets their attention, and then you have no job done at all. Worse, all your stuff would disappear in a second. BTW, the movie is comming this Fall! :badger::badger::badger:
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