Amazon sued over refusal to hire California sex offenders

Excerpted from a Reuters Blog by Daniel Wiessner Amazon.com, Inc. is facing a proposed class action claiming it illegally used a California sex offender website to conduct background checks on […]
Searching for a job? Time to get your references lined up

Excerpted from The Next Web Blog by Pippa Hardy References: Didn’t they go out with the ark? These days we are far more inclined to think that all the power […]
Montana state hospital worker bypassed background check by using different name

Excerpted from an article in The Independent by Seaborn Larson A former employee at the Montana state-run psychiatric hospital used a different name on her job application, meaning a background […]
Are employers liable for employee off-duty crimes?

Excerpted from a Bloomberg Law Blog by Jason Knott This past summer, a Dallas County, Texas jury slapped Charter Communications with $7.375 billion in damages. The Goff v. Holden & […]