Excerpted from a THE FIX story by Paul Fuhr Some companies have been forced to change their stance on screenings in the wake of an ever-tightening job market and marijuana legalization. Pre-employment drug screenings, a decades-long staple of the...
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Excerpted from an SHRM Blog by Eva Del Rio Q: What do you think about offbeat interview questions such as “Tell me a joke” or “If you could only choose one song to play every time you walked into a room for the rest of your life, what would it...
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Excerpted from a Troutman Sanders blog by Scott Kelly and Timothy St. George On March 20, Naples Hotel Group LLC removed a putative Fair Credit Reporting Act class action to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. The...
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In a world with so much information online, it is only natural for employers to use such resources to their advantage. While a standard criminal background check is a good investment to shed light on a potential employee, an applicant’s social...
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Excerpted from a Troutman Sanders post by Tim J. St. George & Meagan Mihalko On March 9, PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. moved to dismiss a class action complaint filed by Damian McCoy in the Western District of Pennsylvania. McCoy sued...
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Excerpted from The Business Journals story by Ann Potratz The ins and outs of background checks are often a source of confusion for employers. Can companies perform them in-house? What’s “the box” and why is it banned? To ensure you’re practicing...
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Excerpted from an AZCentral story by Ryan Randazzo, Uriel J. Garcia and Bree Burkitt The operator behind the wheel of a self-driving Uber vehicle that hit and killed a 49-year-old woman in Tempe Sunday night had served almost four years in an...
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Excerpted from Curbed San Francisco post by Adam Brinklow San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón announced Tuesday that his office is suing Colorado-based home services site HomeAdvisor, alleging that the company doesn’t bother with...
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Excerpted from and WSTP.com post by Bree Burkitt and Ryan Randazzo PHOENIX — The operator behind the wheel of a self-driving Uber vehicle that hit and killed a 49-year-old woman Sunday night had served almost four years in an Arizona prison in...
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Excerpted from and OCOLLY.com post by Stetson Payne Oklahoma State University’s new faculty background checks have some professors fearing the checks will disenfranchise qualified applicants and threaten academic freedom. The OSU Faculty Council...
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Workplace drug testing can be a controversial issue with today’s workforce. Central to the controversy are assumptions as to what drug testing can and cannot achieve. But within this day and age, and especially with a growing opioid epidemic on...
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Excerpted from The Garland Island article by John Steinhorst The state Legislature is proposing background checks for families who homeschool their keiki. State Sen. Kaialii Kahele recently introduced Senate Bill 2323, which would create a...
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