Todays job application...

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Originally Posted by barbara

Are they legally able to ask some of those questions?
I'm not an HR expert, but can they disqualify you for personal opinions regarding guns, NRA, and marihuana ?

I always thought that as long as you did your job adequately, you could hold any personal opinion you want to in your private life.

Here's what I think. They're legally permitted to ask but the applicant isn't legally required to answer. Don't answer, however, and they'll find some reason (or no reason) not to hire that person. Though, there is such a thing as wrongful dismissal, there really isn't much beyond race and gender that would amount to "wrongful failure to hire."

It's interesting to consider whether the employer would be entitled to dismiss an employee if they let their NRA membership lapse.

Marc, forget about those jerks!