Physical Employment Standards—Is “Legally Defensible” the Same as “Morally Defensible?”
by Anthony Walker
TSAC Report
April 2015
Vol 45, Issue 1
While no recruitment process will ever be perfect, it is time to address the “legal defensibility” of physical employment standards as the primary consideration in developing recruitment guidelines that are concurrently designed to increase workplace diversity.
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