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Evidence and credibility at the HRTO

April 24, 2019 Kevin Sambrano, Sambrano Legal Services Human Resources, Human Rights, 0

Age is one of the protected grounds under Ontario’s Human Rights Code. Like all jurisdictions credible evidence, whether documentary or witness testimony, is needed for either side to support their version of facts.

age, Applicant, employment law, Faryna v. Chorny, Gammo v. Provis Rudd Endoscopy Clinic, human rights code, Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, Kevin Sambrano human rights paralegal, lack of evidence, respondent, witness credibility

Bias in interviews and the importance of ability testing

July 26, 2012 Amery Boyer Human Resources, Recruiting and Hiring

According to Susan J. Herman, author of Hiring Right, A Practical Guide, the interview is the most frequently used selection tool and the least valid and reliable. Validity is the degree to which a selection tool like testing or interviewing measures what it is supposed to measure. The closer a statistic is to 1, the more valid it is. Yet interviews have an average validity of 0.14 while ability testing has an average validity of 0.53.

Ability testing, Applicant, bias, extracurricular leadership, Halo effect, hiring decision, HR issues, interview, interviewee, interviewer, interviewer bias, interviewing measures, job applicant, organizational behaviour, poor performance, qualifications, rater bias, selection tool, Stereotyping