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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 256320" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>The thing that bothers me most is if they could legally refuse to hire <em>anyone </em>that they considered to be an 'insurance risk'! Where would it end? If they could legally refuse to hire someone just because they're a smoker, could they also refuse to hire someone who drinks occasionally? Could they legally refuse to hire anyone who was overweight, or an older person, or even people with certain disabilities. And could they then legally get away with not hiring women because they <em>might</em> have a baby and the insurance would have to pay?</p><p> </p><p>I remember years and years ago going to a job interview and being asked if I was on birth control pills! It's been forty years and I'm <em>still</em> appalled that I was asked that! And for the record, I LIED and said, "yes" because I was afraid not to! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> There's good reasons why they can't ask those kind of questions in job interviews now, and they also should not be able to ask about your personal habits as long as what you're doing on your own time in your own home is not illegal!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 256320, member: 1883"] The thing that bothers me most is if they could legally refuse to hire [I]anyone [/I]that they considered to be an 'insurance risk'! Where would it end? If they could legally refuse to hire someone just because they're a smoker, could they also refuse to hire someone who drinks occasionally? Could they legally refuse to hire anyone who was overweight, or an older person, or even people with certain disabilities. And could they then legally get away with not hiring women because they [I]might[/I] have a baby and the insurance would have to pay? I remember years and years ago going to a job interview and being asked if I was on birth control pills! It's been forty years and I'm [I]still[/I] appalled that I was asked that! And for the record, I LIED and said, "yes" because I was afraid not to! :winking: There's good reasons why they can't ask those kind of questions in job interviews now, and they also should not be able to ask about your personal habits as long as what you're doing on your own time in your own home is not illegal! [/QUOTE]
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