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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 4604712" data-attributes="member: 177">Federal laws prohibiting job discrimination include: &nbsp;&nbsp; * Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), which prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin;&nbsp; &nbsp; * the Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA), which protects men and women who perform substantially equal work in the same establishment from sex-based wage discrimination;&nbsp; &nbsp; * the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), which protects individuals who are 40 years of age or older;&nbsp; &nbsp; * Title I and Title V of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), which prohibit employment discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities in the private sector, and in state and local governments;&nbsp; &nbsp; * Sections 501 and 505 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities who work in the federal government; and&nbsp; &nbsp; * the Civil Rights Act of 1991, which, among other things, provides monetary damages in cases of intentional employment discrimination.You'll note that &quot;hobbies&quot; does not appear there.&nbsp; The fact of the matter is that employers must &quot;discriminate&quot; based on something when they hire an employee - otherwise, they might as well just have a job lottery.&nbsp; If the candidate has an aspect of their life that is not protected by law, but which the employer feels is apt to lead to poor performance on the job, you should expect them to choose to not hire the candidate.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 4604712, member: 177"] Federal laws prohibiting job discrimination include: * Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), which prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin; * the Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA), which protects men and women who perform substantially equal work in the same establishment from sex-based wage discrimination; * the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), which protects individuals who are 40 years of age or older; * Title I and Title V of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), which prohibit employment discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities in the private sector, and in state and local governments; * Sections 501 and 505 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities who work in the federal government; and * the Civil Rights Act of 1991, which, among other things, provides monetary damages in cases of intentional employment discrimination. You'll note that "hobbies" does not appear there. The fact of the matter is that employers must "discriminate" based on something when they hire an employee - otherwise, they might as well just have a job lottery. If the candidate has an aspect of their life that is not protected by law, but which the employer feels is apt to lead to poor performance on the job, you should expect them to choose to not hire the candidate. [/QUOTE]

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