What is Adverse Impact and why you should care.

  What is Adverse Impact and why as an HR person you should care. Adverse impact relevant to any hiring plan, as it can appear without warning or intent. Beyond simply the intent to discriminant against a particular class (gender, ethnicity, etc.), adverse impact occurs when a measure used for decision-making (be it an assessment or performance appraisal) produces biased results. Adverse … [Read more...]