Question

What are five examples of illegal questions which have the potential for providing a prospective employer with legitimate information and five substitute questions that would be a proper way to obtain that legitimate information?

Answer 1

Example of illegal questions from a prospective employer and substitute legitimate questions for same are as follows:

Objective	Illegal ( not to be asked)	Substitute ( can be asked)
To know of an individual's disabilited	Have you ever suffered a workplace injury? Are you disabled in any manner? Have you ever filed for a claim for workers' compensation?	Post giving a clear description of the proespective job, the candidate can be asked if he/ she can perform the duties completely?
To know of physical measurement of height and weight	Please give details of your height and weight measurements.	Post giving a clear description of the proespective job, the candidate can be asked if he/ she can perform the duties completely?
To know about Age	What is your year of birth? When did you graduate high school?	Only for roles where age is a legal requirement, a candidate can be asked for a legal proof of age directly.
Nationality and Citizenship	Are you a US citizen? Which country's birth certificate do you have? What is your background? How did you earn Lebanese?.	Are you legally entitled to work in USA? Do you have a proof of work permit / visa/ citizenship when we hire you? Can you speak other languages ? ( for roles which need it like transcriptor
Family Status	Do you have children? Are you married? These questions are esp used to do gender discrimination between women and men.	Our shift timings are during night and can change also depending on work. Would you be comfortable working in flexible shifts or you have other commitments which may prevent you from doing so?