Excerpted from The Columbian by Claudia Lauer and Maghan Hoyer In the wake of revelations that scores of Roman Catholic priests and religious workers credibly accused of child sexual abuse are living unsupervised in communities across the...
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Excerpted from The National Law Review by Epstein Becker & Green As of September 2019, 33 states and Washington, DC, have legalized medical marijuana use, and 10 states and Washington, DC, have legalized both medical and recreational...
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Excerpted from ksdk.com By Sara Machi Collins-Muhammad’s plan doesn’t prohibit hiring managers from asking about criminal history in interviews or doing a background check. John Collins-Muhammad said he personally knows people who...
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Excerpted from Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives By Reilly C. Moore, Ryan M. Bates & Alan J. Marcuis Illinois joined a handful of other states when its prohibition on employer inquiries into applicants’ prior wage or salary...
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Excerpted from Fox News By Robert Gearty A man linked eight months ago to a Florida 1998 cold case murder — when he applied for a job requiring his fingerprints for a background check — has been sentenced to life in prison for the...
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Excerpted from Lexology By Duane Morris LLP On July 25, 2019, New Jersey enacted Assembly Bill 1094 (herein referred to as the “Salary History Ban Law”). Effective January 1, 2020, the Salary History Ban Law prohibits private employers from...
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Excerpted from The SHRM Blog By Rob Shepard Changing the way that you interact with candidates in your selection process is crucial to your organization’s future success. Talent shortages are growing around the world. The global unemployment rate...
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Excerpted from Benefits Pro By Katie Kuehner-Herbert Employers listen up: If you want to review a job candidate’s credit history, criminal records and other personal information on a background-check report, you must first obtain written consent...
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Excerpted from Law.com By Greg Land Two pending class action lawsuits accusing Seattle-based coffee chain Starbucks of violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act by using flawed background reports to reject job applicants are being combined in the...
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Excerpted by NYTimes by Michael Gold The bill passed by the New York City Council was the latest in a series of steps to ease cannabis restrictions as efforts to legalize marijuana have stalled. Most employers in New York City would no longer be...
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Excerpted from Lexology By Akerman LLP – Megan M. Kokontis A second federal appellate circuit has ruled that the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (the ADEA) does not apply to job applicants’ claims that a policy or practice has a...
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Excerpted from an SHRM blog by Jenni Stone Need some tips for writing a great online job board advertisement? Before you begin writing your company’s recruitment advertisement, first consider how much money is available for recruitment and the...
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