Am job hunting at the moment, and some employers request that applicants fill in a form with some basic details on along with their CV.
One of these includes questions on marital status etc, which I was a bit surprised by as I had always understood that they couldn't ask about that.
In a way I'm not sure it matters: Its not that my marital status is a secret, and if an employer was going to (illegally) take that into account they could find it out very easily without needing to ask.
Equally, I cant think of a good reason for it being on the form, especially if there is a risk of them getting into trouble for it.
I suppose I'm just curious about whether my surprise was justified, or if I'd misunderstood the law?
I'm not looking to cause trouble or anything like that.
Employer is in the UK, and accepts speculative CVs but is not actively recruiting (if that makes any difference - I don't see why it would).
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SquishySquirmy · 02/08/2018 14:12
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