Super charge talent acquisition by hiring those with criminal backgrounds
Excerpted from SHRM Blog By Christina Melton Crain,Esq. There is no doubt that the success of a company is determined by those it employs; thereby making acquisition of the appropriate […]
Starbucks prepares to settle lawsuits over background checks
Excerpted from Law.com By Greg Land Two pending class action lawsuits accusing Seattle-based coffee chain Starbucks of violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act by using flawed background reports to reject […]
In the age of legal marijuana, many employers drop ‘zero tolerance’
Excerptd from The Seattle Times By Margot Roosevelt When Rye Electric was founded in Orange County, California, five years ago, it screened all prospective workers for drugs. If a test […]
Ban the Box aims to remove criminal record questions
Excerpted from The Breeze By Mitchell Sasser JMU’s chapter of Students for Sensible Drug Policy, a national grassroots organization that recognizes the threat posed by the war on drugs, hosted […]