Interviewing & Hiring: Straight-talk Compliance Training for Managers and Supervisors

Interviewing and hiring is a legal minefield. You want your hiring managers to push hard and probe deeply to make sure they get the right “fit” – that is, the person with exactly the right capabilities, attitude and work ethic. The deeper they probe, the more selective they are, and the higher the standard they set – the greater their risk of provoking a lawsuit.

Think about it. When you reject job candidates, they’re hurt. Many feel they’ve been disrespected, misunderstood and treated unfairly. They want to lash out against the company that rejected them. All they need is a little traction. Some shred of evidence that a hiring manager’s decision to reject them was motivated by conscious or unconscious bias. And there are plenty of lawyers lined up to take their case.

If you believe, “A lawsuit can’t happen here,” think again. If you figure, “My managers don’t have biases, so they’d never discriminate,” think again about that, too. Well-intentioned hiring managers who had no ulterior motives get sued all the time. And they lose in court. Your only defense against discrimination lawsuits is knowing where the traps are, and being careful enough to sidestep them.

Viewers will learn:

• The psychology of rejected candidates – and what you can do to defuse their anger before they decide to sue
• How a properly constructed job description can protect you from costly, time-consuming legal trouble
• Eleven 'protected classes' every manager and supervisor should know
• Exactly what you can – and can’t – say and do in 13 high-risk hiring situations
• Why 'innocent' questions can open the door to countless discrimination charges
• The safe way to find out about citizenship status
• Why asking if a candidate has a reliable car can get you into hot water – and how to safely find out if they get to work each day
• How to handle nine tricky real-world scenarios by the book
• In sum, how to avoid making a plaintiff attorney’s day

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This program is part of The Employment Law Compliance Series for Managers & Supervisors. Click here to see how you can get a discount when purchasing the series.

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