5 takeaways for screening candidates with criminal history
Excerpted from a Phelps Dunbar LLP Blog by Michael E. Turner The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) recent lawsuit against a convenience store operator over its policy against hiring job […]
Convenience chain charged with background check bias
Excerpted from The Philadelphia Inquirer story by Lizzy McLellan Ravitch Sheetz, a Pennsylvania-founded convenience store chain, has been charged by the federal government of using a racially discriminatory hiring practice. […]
Transparency in Politics – candidate background checks
You would think every person running for office would have a background check, right? Well, not so fast there buckaroo. According to Jody Baden, the founder of Transparency in Politics, […]
Background screening challenges in the City of Angels
As “Dragnet” police officer Joe Friday used to say, “Just the facts ma’am.” Well, not so much in the City of Angels. Earlier this month, the Superior Court of Los […]