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Can we refuse to hire member of National Guard because she lacks weekend scheduling flexibility?

by 05/14/2010

Q. Can we refuse to hire a qualified applicant who has told us her National Guard duty conflicts with some of the weekends she would be required to work? Employees in this job bid for rotating scheduled weekends under a union contract seniority system. The applicant’s schedule for Guard duty is not flexible.

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