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PHR Question #11: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation
The correct answer is A. Disparate treatment. Disparate treatment occurs when a candidate is subjected to a different interview process than other candidates based on a protected class characteristic.
Question
Fran is a HR Professional for her organization and she is interviewing applicants for a warehouse position. One of the candidates has written on his application that he speaks Spanish. Fran interviews this candidate in Spanish and interviews all other candidates in English. This is an example of what?
Options
- ADisparate treatment
- BDisparate impact
- CAccommodation
- DPerpetuating past discrimination
Explanation
Disparate treatment occurs when a candidate is subjected to a different interview process than other candidates based on a protected class characteristic.
Common mistakes.
- B. Disparate impact involves a facially neutral policy that disproportionately excludes a protected group; it does not describe intentional, individualized differential treatment by an interviewer.
- C. Accommodation is a legal obligation to adjust policies for an employee's disability or sincerely held religious belief, which has no application to an interviewer's unilateral decision to switch languages.
- D. Perpetuating past discrimination refers to continuing institutionalized discriminatory practices carried forward from historical policies, not an individual interviewer's conduct in a single interview.
Concept tested. Disparate treatment in employment interviewing
Reference. https://www.eeoc.gov/national-origin-discrimination
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