http://www.hrmorning.com/employer-tossed-biased-test-results-%e2%80%93-still-hit-hard-in-court/ Your daily dose of HR Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:43:13 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.hrmorning.com/employer-tossed-biased-test-results-%e2%80%93-still-hit-hard-in-court/comment-page-1/#comment-17309 Paula Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:30:21 +0000 http://www.hrmorning.com/?p=3127#comment-17309 I agree the test should not have been tossed. A dyslexic employee studied and passed the test that all had a syllabus for, so all could study the same things. Many studied hard for this test, which was written by an independant company adhering to federal discrimination laws. We do not know what comprised the test. We also do not know on what criteria the department did use for the promotions. If race cannot be used against people for promotions, it also should not be used for promotions. 40 years ago, I agreed with quotas - 20 years ago, I agreed with quotas, but after all these years, people should have been able to compete on a fairly even basis instead of feeling that they are entitled to favorable treatment because of race or any other reason. If there are criteria for promotions and all know what that criteria are, then that is fair as long as the criteria is not biased. I agree the test should not have been tossed. A dyslexic employee studied and passed the test that all had a syllabus for, so all could study the same things. Many studied hard for this test, which was written by an independant company adhering to federal discrimination laws. We do not know what comprised the test. We also do not know on what criteria the department did use for the promotions. If race cannot be used against people for promotions, it also should not be used for promotions. 40 years ago, I agreed with quotas – 20 years ago, I agreed with quotas, but after all these years, people should have been able to compete on a fairly even basis instead of feeling that they are entitled to favorable treatment because of race or any other reason. If there are criteria for promotions and all know what that criteria are, then that is fair as long as the criteria is not biased.

]]> http://www.hrmorning.com/employer-tossed-biased-test-results-%e2%80%93-still-hit-hard-in-court/comment-page-1/#comment-17308 JO-D Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:29:00 +0000 http://www.hrmorning.com/?p=3127#comment-17308 This article is not correct. There were many black firefighters that passed the test, but they didn't make the top 20 in scoring. This article is not correct. There were many black firefighters that passed the test, but they didn’t make the top 20 in scoring.

]]> http://www.hrmorning.com/employer-tossed-biased-test-results-%e2%80%93-still-hit-hard-in-court/comment-page-1/#comment-17288 Cynthia Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:38:44 +0000 http://www.hrmorning.com/?p=3127#comment-17288 My problem with this article is the title "biased test results"...you make it sound like the test was biased, and everything I have read on the case doesn't support that conclusion. Just because someone doesn't pass a test doesn't mean it was biased against them. If everyone is supposed to pass the test then why bother testing in the first place? My problem with this article is the title “biased test results”…you make it sound like the test was biased, and everything I have read on the case doesn’t support that conclusion. Just because someone doesn’t pass a test doesn’t mean it was biased against them. If everyone is supposed to pass the test then why bother testing in the first place?

]]> http://www.hrmorning.com/employer-tossed-biased-test-results-%e2%80%93-still-hit-hard-in-court/comment-page-1/#comment-17204 Manager was too flexible — company lands in court | HRMorning.com | Your daily dose of HR Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:02:53 +0000 http://www.hrmorning.com/?p=3127#comment-17204 [...] Employer tossed biased test results – still hit hard in court [...] [...] Employer tossed biased test results – still hit hard in court [...]

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