What questions can you legally ask on a job application?
Questions Asked on a Job Application
- Name, address, telephone number, email.
- Desired job.
- Desired salary.
- Previous positions, including titles, duties, employers, locations, and dates of employment.
- Salary history (in locations where it is legal to ask)3
- Names of previous supervisors.
- Permission to contact your current employer.
- Reasons for leaving prior jobs.
What are the 4 EEO principles?
There are four kinds of unfair and unlawful behavior that are important for equal employment opportunity:
- Discrimination including both direct and indirect discrimination.
- Sexual harassment.
- Unlawful adverse action.
- Victimisation.
Why do employers ask for your race?
Yes it is hurting you, but the reason they ask is for reporting purposes. The government requires that employers report the race/gender of the people who apply so they can identify if there is systematic discrimination (e.g. a range of people apply for 50 open jobs but they all go to white males).
Is it illegal to ask ethnicity on a job application?
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers from asking about ethnicity, race and national origin. Employers who require applicants to submit a picture will most likely face a racial discrimination lawsuit in the future.
What questions are illegal in an EEOC interview?
EEOC Guide To Illegal Interview Questions: What You Can’t Ask
- Race. Example: What Is Your Race? or What Nationality Are You?
- Height & Weight. Example: How Tall Are You? or How Much Do You Weigh?
- Financial Information.
- Religious Affiliation Or Beliefs.
- Citizenship.
- Marital Status or Number Of Children.
- Disability and Medical Conditions.
- NYC Only: Salary History.
Can you consider race in hiring?
Application & Hiring An employer may not base hiring decisions on stereotypes and assumptions about a person’s race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.