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It's a lot easier to demonstrate the business necessity of a whiteboard test than IQ tests.

Administering an IQ test would be legally risky and could have a disparate impact on protected classes.

Griggs v. Duke Power Co.[0] is the Supreme Court case on this topic.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griggs_v._Duke_Power_Co.




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