Why Do Some Organizations Use Application Forms with Age, Gender

question 77

Multiple Choice

Why do some organizations use application forms with age, gender or religious questions, since civil rights legislation has made it illegal to discriminate on the basis of such criteria?

• A) These items may be job-related.
• B) EEO legislation has no jurisdiction over application forms.
• C) They may be used to identify protected classes.
• D) They are used to supply adverse impact.
• E) No organizations use these categories.

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