Ive been told that I should not ask an applicant for date of birth, yet it is required to do most searches. Why the contradiction?
You are not allowed to use the date of birth as a determination in offering a job; that would be discriminatory. However, DOB is one of the identifiers that local and state government agencies use when criminal records are filed. Therefore it is permissible to request it in conjunction with these searches. If you are concerned about this, we will gladly allow the applicant to supply this piece of information directly to us, thus removing the DOB from your pre-employment inquiries.
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