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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just curious whether people think having a nanny who abandoned her own children (deadbeat mom) is relevant to the hiring decision.  We found out after we hired her (wages were garnished for unpaid child support) and fired her for other reasons (insanely unreliable and bad judgment), but I was super uncomfortable with it once I knew she had abandoned a kid.  That’s the sort of thing that would never be relevant to another kind of job...but seemed relevant here.[/quote]

So you didn’t check her references or do a background check til after you hired her? Seems like a error filled hiring process.  I would never hire someone who had the characteristics you mention.[/quote]

+1  Doing a background check and checking references are all perfectly legal.  Asking a nanny candidate outright about having children, not so much.
https://www.betterteam.com/illegal-interview-questions
Illegal job interview questions solicit information from job candidates that could be used to discriminate against them. Asking questions about a candidate's race, religion, or gender could open a company up to a discrimination lawsuit.
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Asking questions on these topics can result in charges of discrimination, an investigation by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and potentially a lawsuit if the issue cannot be resolved.

Legal:  Do you have any commitments that might prevent you from working the assigned shifts?
Illegal:  Are you married? Are you single? Do you have any children?

Ask all candidates about outside commitments, not just women, or it will be seen as discriminatory.
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