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  1. #1
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    Question Required Questionnaire

    My question involves labor and employment law for the state of: Michigan

    I submitted online a resume for a company and received a link for a questionaire from a company that screens for the company I applied to. The first 2 question pages were for age and race. I know this is from a secondary company but it still seems as they were hired by the company I applied to these questions were illegal.

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    Default Re: Required Questionaire

    all of those pages I have seen above/below the questions it states that the questions are optional and will not affect the decision.

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    Default Re: Required Questionaire

    Yes they were optional. Basically if you refuse to answer and never hear back they do not have to admit to anything. Below is what I found on the law.


    Age/date of birth: Generally, age is considered not to be relevant in most hiring decisions, and therefore, date of birth questions are improper. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act protects employees 40 years old and above. It is permissible to ask an applicant to state his or her age if it is less than 18. Internal uses of date of birth for computations with respect to a pension or profit-sharing plan, this information can be obtained after the person is hired.
    Race, religion, national origin: These questions are generally inappropriate, either on employment applications or during job interviews. Ordinarily, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 requires that employers make reasonable accommodations for their employees’ religious practices, thus eliminating the necessity for asking whether an applicant’s religious beliefs would prohibit his or her working at certain times and on certain days in most situations.

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    Default Re: Required Questionnaire

    optional is the key. nothing you can do unless you can prove you werent hired because of race, gender, religion or national origin.

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