Excerpted from a Business 2 Community story by Brett McIntyre Any company that strives for diversity on their team or does business internationally may come across making an offer to a candidate that has lived, worked, or was born outside of the...
Read MoreLabor Department to encourage drug testing for unemployment insurance
Excerpted from a ThinkProgress blog by Casey Quinlan The Trump administration wants to encourage states to conduct drug tests for people seeking unemployment insurance — a practice labor and drug policy experts largely agree is costly for states...
Read MoreSocial media and age discrimination
We will not be the first to say this, but we’ll say it anyway. Social Media is not a passing fad. Policies and laws involving social media are constantly evolving and, in many cases, brand new. When looking for job candidates, does using social...
Read MoreDelta to pay $2.3M to settle background check dispute
Excerpted from an HR Dive blog by Jennifer Carsen Delta Air Lines has agreed to pay $2.3 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging it failed to provide approximately 44,000 applicants with a stand-alone background check disclosure, in...
Read MoreHow is the government shutdown affecting employers?
Excerpted from a Graydon Head & Ritchey LLP blog by Lee Geiger The government shutdown is entering yet another week with no end in sight. About 800,000 federal employees have been furloughed or are working without pay. For those wondering...
Read MoreFederal shutdown has stopped E-Verify
Excerpted from an azcentral story by Russ Wiles A dispute over immigration is at the crux of the government shutdown, but the impasse also has halted the E-Verify service run by the federal government that is designed to discourage the hiring of...
Read MorePolitical speech inside the workplace
With the new year comes a new Congress, an ongoing government shutdown and rumblings of the first campaign announcements for 2020. With more voters participating in last year’s election than ever before, employers should be prepared to handle...
Read MoreCareless employee reviews can be harmful
Excerpted from a Burns & Levinson LLP blog by Kelly Kirby While employee reviews have obvious benefits for Human Resources, implementing a policy that ensures such reviews are well-crafted and accurate go a long way toward insulating the...
Read MoreNew York’s sexual harassment policies have global implications
Excerpted from a Proskauer blog by Michelle A. Gyves, Erika C. Collins and Vanessa P. Avello As previously reported, New York has significantly heightened employers’ responsibilities with regard to the implementation of anti-sexual harassment...
Read MoreTexas employers take notice: Proposed bills for 2019
Excerpted from a Fisher Phillips blog by Felix Digilov The Texas Legislature does not officially convene until Jan. 8, 2019. But during the week of Nov. 12, Texas lawmakers got off to a furious start and submitted more than 600 bills to be...
Read MoreRecruiting scams on the rise!
Excerpted from a blog by Kathleen Porter of Robinson+Cole LLP. With more companies hiring over the past year, online recruiting scams have re-emerged to prey on job seekers and employers. The Better Business Bureau tracked more than 3,000...
Read MoreConfusing background check disclosures can get an employer in FCRA hot water!
Excerpted from a blog by Nadia Adams of Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP. On November 29, 2018, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision in Mitchell v. Winco Foods, No. 17-35998, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 33483 (9th Cir. Nov. 29, 2018); a...
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