DOB/Age on application form - illegal?

[anonymous-user]

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[Greenwich Ross]

You don't have to include your DOB on your CV and employers are not allowed to discriminate on the basis of age. If you feel they have, post-interview, then you can raise this with the appropriate bodies.

Edit - I don't believe it's illegal for them to ask; only if they discriminate on the basis of the reply.

Edited by Greenwich Ross on Monday 24th January 16:09

[RicksAlfas]

Greenwich Ross said:

You don't have to include your DOB on your CV

Correct. However people of "attractive employment age" still tend to.

[Jasey@]

anonymous said:

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As stated before asking about an applicants age will leave you open to possible litigation from anyone you ask - best avoided.


but you should probably change your name prior to applying

[JumboBeef]

When you put your employment history down, they'll work out that you are not 21 with 30 years of experience behind you

[JumboBeef]

anonymous said:

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Still makes you more than 21

[Bonefish Blues]

anonymous said:

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Perfectly legal to ask, not legal to do anything to your detriment with the info they glean - daft eh?

[Jasey@]

Bonefish Blues said:

anonymous said:

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Perfectly legal to ask, not legal to do anything to your detriment with the info they glean - daft eh?

Hardly daft.

It's Legal to ask if someone's Black, gay and/or a ginger - but to not give them a job because of it is illegal.

That's why best practice is to not ask.

You can always not offer the job once you've interviewed the old ginger black lesbian

Edited by Jasey@ on Wednesday 26th January 18:30

[Zip106]

anonymous said:

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Unless your a woman.

Child bearing age, and all that. (to an employer)