Book contents
- Global Perspectives on the Definition, Assessment, and Reduction of Bias and Unfairness in Employment Testing
- Educational and Psychological Testing in a Global Context
- Global Perspectives on the Definition, Assessment, and Reduction of Bias and Unfairness in Employment Testing
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Series Editor Foreword
- Chapter 1 An Introduction to and Summary of Global Perspectives from Twenty-Three Countries on the Definition, Assessment, and Reduction of Bias and Unfairness in Employment Testing
- Chapter 2 Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Bias and Unfairness in Australia
- Chapter 3 Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Bias and Unfairness in Belgium
- Chapter 4 Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Bias and Unfairness in Canada
- Chapter 5 Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Bias and Unfairness in China
- Chapter 6 Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Bias and Unfairness in France
- Chapter 7 Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Bias and Unfairness in Germany
- Chapter 8 Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Bias and Unfairness in Ghana
- Chapter 9 Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Bias and Unfairness in Greece
- Chapter 10 Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Bias and Unfairness in India
- Chapter 11 Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Bias and Unfairness in Italy
- Chapter 12 Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Bias and Unfairness in Japan
- Chapter 13 Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Bias and Unfairness in Mexico
- Chapter 14 Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Bias and Unfairness in the Netherlands
- Chapter 15 Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Bias and Unfairness in Nigeria
- Chapter 16 Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Bias and Unfairness in Poland
- Chapter 17 Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Bias and Unfairness in Romania
- Chapter 18 Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Bias and Unfairness in South Africa
- Chapter 19 Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Bias and Unfairness in South Korea
- Chapter 20 Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Bias and Unfairness in Spain
- Chapter 21 Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Bias and Unfairness in Sweden
- Chapter 22 Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Bias and Unfairness in Türkiye
- Chapter 23 Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Bias and Unfairness in the United Kingdom
- Chapter 24 Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Bias and Unfairness in the United States
- Index
- References
Chapter 3 - Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Bias and Unfairness in Belgium
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 November 2025
Book contents
- Global Perspectives on the Definition, Assessment, and Reduction of Bias and Unfairness in Employment Testing
- Educational and Psychological Testing in a Global Context
- Global Perspectives on the Definition, Assessment, and Reduction of Bias and Unfairness in Employment Testing
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Series Editor Foreword
- Chapter 1 An Introduction to and Summary of Global Perspectives from Twenty-Three Countries on the Definition, Assessment, and Reduction of Bias and Unfairness in Employment Testing
- Chapter 2 Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Bias and Unfairness in Australia
- Chapter 3 Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Bias and Unfairness in Belgium
- Chapter 4 Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Bias and Unfairness in Canada
- Chapter 5 Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Bias and Unfairness in China
- Chapter 6 Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Bias and Unfairness in France
- Chapter 7 Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Bias and Unfairness in Germany
- Chapter 8 Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Bias and Unfairness in Ghana
- Chapter 9 Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Bias and Unfairness in Greece
- Chapter 10 Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Bias and Unfairness in India
- Chapter 11 Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Bias and Unfairness in Italy
- Chapter 12 Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Bias and Unfairness in Japan
- Chapter 13 Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Bias and Unfairness in Mexico
- Chapter 14 Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Bias and Unfairness in the Netherlands
- Chapter 15 Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Bias and Unfairness in Nigeria
- Chapter 16 Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Bias and Unfairness in Poland
- Chapter 17 Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Bias and Unfairness in Romania
- Chapter 18 Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Bias and Unfairness in South Africa
- Chapter 19 Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Bias and Unfairness in South Korea
- Chapter 20 Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Bias and Unfairness in Spain
- Chapter 21 Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Bias and Unfairness in Sweden
- Chapter 22 Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Bias and Unfairness in Türkiye
- Chapter 23 Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Bias and Unfairness in the United Kingdom
- Chapter 24 Twenty Questions about Employment Testing Bias and Unfairness in the United States
- Index
- References
Summary
Belgium follows global standards in psychological assessments, and great attention is paid to issues concerning bias and fairness by legal authorities, test developers, and researchers. Anti-discrimination laws cover around nineteen protected grounds and align with European Union directives, but hiring discrimination persists. This chapter illustrates the tension between the law, test developers and researchers who promote proper test use, and practitioners who continue to rely on tools that can perpetuate bias, such as unstructured interviews and intuition-based decision-making. Despite comprehensive anti-discrimination regulations and affirmative action measures such as gender quotas, there are no legal requirements for the use of valid selection procedures in Belgium. Balancing validity and diversity is emphasized more in the public sector than the private sector. Although professional bodies offer guidelines for appropriate test use, they mainly target clinical settings rather than employment settings.
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