Primary Topic—Hiring and Placement Additional Topics—Communication; Employee Pro

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Primary Topic—Hiring and Placement Additional Topics—Communication; Employee Problems and Problem Employees; Rules and Policies You have a position open in your department, and you have been presented with three candidates for consideration. All are equally qualified. They are: 1. A young woman, 19 years old, who has one child and is separated from her husband. 2. A woman, 31 years old, who had been unsuccessfully seeking work for several months and whose husband is disabled. 3. The daughter of a fellow employee. This young lady actually desires to get into a different department, but would like to have this job until there is an opening in the department of her choice. Much of the little you know about the first two candidates (as noted) is “forbidden information” in that you are not allowed to ask for it on an application or an interview. However, the candidates themselves volunteered this information. What you know about the third person came to you from the fellow employee who wants you to hire her daughter.

Questions:

1. What are the points of “forbidden information?” Why are you not allowed to solicit this information?

2. What are some of the potential problems coming with the hiring of any of the three?

3. Under what circumstances would you be likely to rule out all three candidates?

Explanation / Answer

1. Civil Rights Act Title VII played a critical role in the workplace harassment or discrimination case. This title prohibits discrimination from employer on any kind of bias like sex, religion, race, sect, etc. This serves the basis of providing equal employment opportunities to all. This limits the interviewer not to ask

any kind of information which may lead to form a bias or discrimination basis about the candidate. Such information is known as forbidden information. Some of the examples are caste, religion, sexual preference, information about personal life, etc.

2. The potential problem that can be seen hovering in this case, is the chance of selecting a candidate out of discrimination. The first 2 candidates have bad financial conditions and could be hired on the bias of pity. The third candidate is a relation of a colleague; hence the bias of having upper hand comes in her recruitment.

3. If the company is quite stringent with its adherence to the Civil Rights Act Title VII and no hiring is done based on favoritism or bias, then all the 3 candidates can be ruled out from hiring. Also if the company gets a better candidate than the given 3 in consideration, the company has full rights to hire the best-fit candidate.

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