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Ok . . . ground rules first: Respond GENTLY. Don't break the law. Protect the company's potential revenues. Here we go:

You are the manager of Brown, Gill, Tresvant, LLC. accounting firm. The week following Thanksgiving, you post an employment advertisement online, seeking a qualified tax accountant to work Monday through Saturday during your approaching January thru April busy season, and flexible hours after April 15th. You sift through dozens of resumes and narrow your qualified candidates list down to three individuals: a 62 year old male who is a retired IRS agent; a 33 year old female who is a licensed tax attorney, and a 25 year old female who recently graduated with a master's degree in forensic accounting. When conducting your interviews, the 33 year old female arrives early for the appointment, is impeccably dressed, and appears to be visibly VERY pregnant. Understandably, you as the manager are concerned about potential absenteeism at a very critical time in your business cycle, if you were to select this candidate. But as a savvy manager with human resources knowledge and skills, you know that asking questions about the pregnancy is a definite, absolute, without a doubt - NO, NO!

What question can you legally and ethically ask of ALL THREE CANDIDATES in order to determine who will be working according to your demanding schedule, and who will be potentially unavailable during your busiest time of the year?

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are there medical conditions that they should be aware of?

This is the legal question a manager can ask.

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