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- From: kv07@IASTATE.EDU (Warren Vonroeschlaub)
- Subject: Re: New Employee Test
- Message-ID: <1992Nov22.134339@IASTATE.EDU>
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- Reply-To: kv07@IASTATE.EDU (Warren Vonroeschlaub)
- Organization: Ministry of Silly Walks
- References: <1992Nov22.010912.10552@en.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 19:43:39 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov22.010912.10552@en.ecn.purdue.edu>,
- krauskop@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Curtis D Krauskopf) writes:
- >(Warren Vonroeschlaub) writes:
- >> I thought I would mention that, at least it in New York, it is
- >> illegal to give
- >>a test to prospective employees before hiring them.
- >>
- >> We got into alot of trouble at the contracting firm when
- >>we tested prospective
- >>employees to make sure they really knew how to use AutoCad. A few weeks
- later
- >>we found one of the people who was turned down (to be exact he knew squat,
- >>regardless of what his resume said) complained to one of the government
- >>agencies.
- >
- >Heh. That should be a piece of cake to get around. Just pay them $5.00
- >(for their time) as a contract employee to take the test.
-
- Does it get you out of having to pay unemployment?
-
- > Note that I
- >do not have a company in New York nor do I know about any loopholes in
- >this law, but it does seem to solve the problem.
- >
- >BTW, just how does the state of New York expect employers to find out how well
- >a person is able to do?
-
- By reading their resume and crossing your fingers they didn't lie.
-
- > Do they think employers are going to hire somebody
- >for their great resume, find out they stink at the job and then fire them
- >the same day?
-
- I assume the law was made so that they would have to do this (or something
- like it). It is an "employee protection law" not an "employer protection law".
-
- Remember, this is New York, where a fleeing mugger can successfully sue the
- police if he is shot trying to escape.
-
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