Aging employee fired, awarded $78,000 in EEOC settlement
They say age is a state of mind, and for one employee, it was a bit more than that. We ran across an interesting case where an employee was terminated […]
Deepfake of Baltimore principal raises serious HR issues
Excerpted from a Jackson Lewis PC Blog by Joseph J. Lazzarotti As reported by CNN, a high school principal in Pikesville, Maryland, found his life and career turned upside down when […]
When are Criminal Background Checks permitted?
Excerpted from a SHRM Blog by Allen Smith J.D. Criminal background checks should be conducted after a job offer and feature an individualized assessment of any criminal justice record, a […]
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. […]