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Employers Beware!
Your employment application may be illegal. Here are four traps that could catch the unwary employer.
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andbook updated? Check. Job descriptions updated? Check. Before you pat yourself on the back and move on to the next task on your HR to-do list, let’s talk about your employment application. With so much focus on policies pertaining to current employees, employers often overlook their employment applications. As the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) continues to focus on discrimination during the hiring
Continuing to Make a Difference!
By Julie Fisk and Melinda Sanders
process, it has become more important than ever for employers to periodically review their employment applications. Here are four ways your employment application may be violating the law or creating unnecessary legal risk: 1 Ban the Box. Beginning January of 2014, Minnesota law prohibits asking applicants whether or not they have been convicted of a crime on an employment application. Recommendation: Employers may inquire
about criminal convictions during the interview stage of the hiring process, but not before an interview has been offered. 2 Social Security numbers and other unnecessary personal information. With identity theft on the rise, we advise clients to avoid requesting Social Security numbers on employment applications. Applications often pass through a number of hands during the hiring process, and
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