Many employers use employment tests and selection procedures –
including cognitive tests, personality tests, physical ability tests,
credit checks and criminal background checks – to screen applicants
for employment and employees for promotion. As such testing and selection
procedures have become more prevalent, the number of cases challenging
various tests and selection procedures as discriminatory also has
increased. Given this trend, in December, the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission issued a fact sheet regarding the application of federal
anti-discrimination laws to employment testing and selection procedures.
