HMV recruitment form ‘biased’

A UNION has accused HMV of compiling information on prospective employees which could lead to discrimination against them on the grounds of race.

MANDATE said yesterday it will write to the Equality Authority urging its officials to investigate HMV’s recruitment policies and, especially, a questionnaire which asks prospective employees and those seeking promotion within the company to complete.

Information sought by HMV includes ethnic origin and is highly specific. People are asked if they are white, black-Caribbean, black-African, black from a different region, Indian, Chinese, Pakistani, Bangladeshi or from some other ethnic background.