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1.Should the company be allowed to ask such questions?
2. Think of all issues that you considered in taking a position or, if you aren't sure what your position is, what additional information do you need?
3. How would the company prove the job relatedness of such a test?
4. When must the company prove the job relatedness of the test?
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Running head: HUMAN RESOURCE
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Human Resource
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HUMAN RESOURCE
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Q1. Should the company be allowed to ask such questions?
A company should not in any way ask such questions. Based on the U.S. Privacy
Protection Commission, any question asked should be aimed at getting relevant information
without seeming to prejudice the employee in any way. In this scenario presented, questions
related to sexuality of the employ have no relevance at all with the Homeland Security Job. As
such, I do not think there is any serious job that would ask for such as they have little to do with
one’s job performance.
However, there are other questions that may have a direct relation with one’s job and
therefore relevant during an appropriate interview. Given the fact that hiring laws should be seen
to be fair, they should aim at according prospective employees fairness during the interviewing
and selection processes. It is sad that even with the enactment of the necessary legislations,
employees continue to flout the law by asking questions that are insulting, illegal, lacking merit,
and therefore have no relevance to the positions they are applying for and performance of their
duties (Buchholtz and Carroll, 2014). This is why there is need to eradicate such practices with
more sensitization and consistency in the interview and selection processes.
It is also important for a prospective interviewer to be familiar with the kind of questions
that may be deemed illegal and there not allowed to be asked at any time during ...