Importance of creating a legally defensible job description

You are an HR manager for ABC Corp. The director of sales would like you to give a presentation to her team of seven sales managers about you being an HR manager for ABC Corp. The director of sales would like you to give a presentation to her team of seven sales managers about the importance of creating a legally defensible job description. This is a good time to present to the team given that there will be a surge of new positions on the sales team that do not yet have job descriptions created: include the following:

  • Include information on three examples of unlawful job requirement criteria.
  • Discuss why the examples identified are unlawful.
  • Discuss the ramifications of listing unlawful job requirement criteria on job descriptions.
  • Then give three examples of criteria that are legally satisfactory instead.