Can an employer fire me for my speech outside work?
Excerpted from a Levy Employment Law LLC Blog by Tracey I. Levy Absolutely yes – depending on the circumstances. While we have grown up with the notion that free speech […]
Background checks – the cans and cannots
It’s never a bad idea to know the rules, especially if there’s a possibility of hefty legal fines should you forget them. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission laws govern background checks. […]
Background checks proposed for all Kansas school employees
Excerpted from a Kansas Reflector article by Tim Carpenter Attorney General Kris Kobach recommended Wednesday passage of a law requiring all Kansas public school district employees undergo fingerprint-based criminal background […]
Faulty background checks violating privacy and lives
Excerpted from an article in The Hill by Sarah Esther Lageson and Robert Stewart Criminal-record screening has become a pillar of life in the digital age. Employers, landlords and consumers […]