A city manager wants to expand an employee residency requirement because "other cities do this." What should the CHRO obtain before recommending the policy?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
Copying the next town's ordinance is not a legal strategy—it is peer pressure on letterhead. Residency rules can raise constitutional and Title VII disparate-impact issues that a neighbor's habit will not cure. Get the legal analysis before the policy, not after a charge.
Full Explanation
Policy recommendations at SPHR level rest on legal and regulatory analysis plus labor-market data, not copycat ordinances. Employee residency requirements can implicate constitutional rights and Title VII disparate-impact risk depending on design and labor-market effects. Other cities doing this is not a defense and is not an evidence base. The CHRO should commission that analysis before expansion so council is not adopting unexamined legal risk as culture policy.