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Employment and Labor Law

The company I work for is considering changing its applicant testing process. Your supervisor has asked you to research testing methods and make your recommendation. This proposal will be submitted to the vice president for review and consideration.

Provide an opening paragraph stating the nature of the company (e.g., retail organization, factory, school, police department, etc.

Select (at minimum) 3 major types of tests (examples include cognitive abilities, motor and physical abilities, personality and interests, achievement tests, work sampling, etc.).
The organization I work for is a retail organization. The firm has a chain of large stores that sell products at low prices and encourages customers to make all their purchases during one visit to the store. The store also has an online calling service and the caller can book orders on the phone and the deliveries are made through commercial couriers. The company also has a website from which a person can buy goods by making payments through credit cards or PayPal.

The first test that is suggested for use is the Cognitive Abilities Test. This test measures the learning abilities of employees in three areas, namely verbal, quantitative and nonverbal. The main purpose of this test is to test the employees reasoning abilities (Hersen. M & Gross.A 2008).
* Discuss the legal and ethical implications you see with each test.
The legal implications are that the company should establish that the CAT is a job related test. In my opinion all store employees need to have superior reasoning abilities to carry out their jobs successfully. The store manager needs to reason quantitatively to make the right supply chain decisions ...