Careless 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 […]
Court holds screening on independent contractors not subject to FCRA requirements

Excerpted from a Troutman Sanders LLP blog by Cindy Hanson, David Anthony, Alan Wingfield, Timothy St. George and Patrick Dillard. A court in the United States District Court for the […]
Confusing 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 […]
Minority drivers sue Amazon over background checks

Excerpted from an HRDive blog by Lisa Burden A group of black and Latino Amazon drivers have sued the e-commerce giant Amazon in Massachusetts state court, alleging that it discriminated […]