I have proof of this being a part of the application process. When asked in an email to the company on what grounds they asked about my relationship status they gave an absolute bs excuse:
"The purpose on the question is not focused on your relationship status. It is more about the support form your environment that can influence your stress resistance at work. You can treat this question as a question about the support from your closest friends, family, etc. The forming of the question can be a bit confusing, but this is the only purpose of asking about this."
So I also have the company admitting it in writing. I was not "chosen to go forward with" them. This question would have been an outright illegal and basis for a lawsuit in Finland. If it is not legal, to which agency/governmental institution should I contact regarding this issue?
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The original was posted on /r/denmark by /u/ramsu at 2024-02-13 10:25:57+00:00.
asgerkhan at 2024-02-13 10:46:56+00:00 ID:
kq7t0zqThis is not Finland. There are no "banned" questions, but there are thing that companys are not allowed to factor in when choosing who to hire. Sexuality is one of those things, but based on the question and the compays respons I doub't you have a case.
If you want to waste your time and pursue this, then Ligebehandlingsnævnet would be your next step.
hlau at 2024-02-13 11:06:39+00:00 ID:
kq7uns0But, asking questions about things that you are not allowed to factor in when making the decision will expose your company to legal risks, so it is really, really stupid to ask them.
Minutes-Storm at 2024-02-13 11:28:21+00:00 ID:
kq7wjt5You're opening yourself up to a case if you ask if there are plans for children, they say yes, and you end up not hiring that candidate. I've heard of multiple of these cases, and they often end in a payout, because it's often a slam dunk if you have this stuff in writing, and there aren't unique circumstances involved.
The problem is that the company has to somehow prove it didn't factor into the decision, and good luck with that. Most companies simply do not have an evaluation on each application specific enough to prove that, so without anything obvious like "this senior managers kid lost his job and got offered that position", or just a ridiculous difference in experience and education, you often don't have a lot of ways out of it. That's why most competent HR departments will strongly discourage this line of questioning.
TheGunde at 2024-02-13 10:50:12+00:00 ID:
kq7tajmThat's wasting more than OP's time, it's wasting other's time when nothing was done wrong.
just_anotjer_anon at 2024-02-13 11:26:36+00:00 ID:
kq7we9gExcept for the fact that this question can be literally linked to pregnancy, which they're not allowed to factor in
So either this question did nothing or op was discriminated against due to being in a relationship and therefore being in risk of becoming pregnant from the outlook of the company
Meera_dk at 2024-02-13 12:43:54+00:00 ID:
kq849j2A couple of decades ago it was not illegal for parents to hit their kids. It might not be illegal at this point of time, but that does not make it “right” to ask a question which might be discriminating towards a gender or an age-group. Denmark is still lacking when it comes to gender-equality compared to our neighboring countries.
We need to question ourselves why it’s illegal to ask such personal question in other Nordic countries and not in Denmark.