EMPLOyER'S PRACTICAL LEGAL GUIDE Plain Language About ...

1.8 Employer’s Practical Legal GuidePersonnel Practices Audit: Job ApplicationsAnswer the following about your job applications:Don’tYes No Know1. Do you require that onlycertain applicants fill out formalapplications? ❏ ❏ ❏2. Do you require any of the followinginformation on your applications?Names of relatives and friends ❏ ❏ ❏Age ❏ ❏ ❏Physical attributes ❏ ❏ ❏Citizenship or national origin ❏ ❏ ❏Military discharge status ❏ ❏ ❏Arrest and conviction records ❏ ❏ ❏Disabilities (physical or mental) ❏ ❏ ❏Pregnancy/childbearing intentions ❏ ❏ ❏Sexual orientation ❏ ❏ ❏Bonding ❏ ❏ ❏Transportation plans ❏ ❏ ❏Garnishment records ❏ ❏ ❏Organization memberships ❏ ❏ ❏Emergency information ❏ ❏ ❏3. Do you treat applications receivedvia email or the Web differentlythan paper applications? ❏ ❏ ❏If you answered “Yes” to any of these questions, your jobapplications may be a legal land mine. If an applicant everbrought a suit against your company, it could be argued thatyou asked questions irrelevant to the applicant-screeningprocess, which suggests that you intended to discriminate.