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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 01/03/06 03:26
Chung Leong wrote:
> Andrew DeFaria wrote:
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>>2) I don't believe there is any law stating that an employer cannot ask
>>about your martial status. In fact I believe every application I've ever
>>filled out had a question about martial status.
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>
> In this country, there is the Law, and then there are lawyers :-)
> Asking a female applicant about her marital status is a big no-no,
> since one can infer whether she has children. For the same reason we
> don't ask about gaps in employment where I work.
>
Actually, it has nothing to do with whether she has children or not. It
only has to do with marital status. And you can't ask a male, either.
Anyway, nowadays whether someone is married or not does not necessarily
have anything to do with if they have children.
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