Just how much can an employer insist that its employees obtain the COVID-19 vaccine? One would think this would be an easy choice, right? Well, not so fast. Large segments of the U.S. population, for multiple reasons, have not and will not obtain...
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It’s a small world! Today, international job applicants are more common than ever before. It’s important to know where your applicant has lived and what they have in their background. Today, international background checks have become more...
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Excerpted from a Forbes article by Alonzo Martinez After years of debating and advancing marijuana laws, beginning with legalizing the medical use of cannabis in 2014 to decriminalize minor marijuana-related offenses in 2019, lawmakers in New...
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Internet dating has come a long way – in more ways than one. Tinder announced last week it was going to provide a way for users to obtain data on potential dates. On the surface, this is a good idea. Better safe than sorry, right? The data to be...
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Excerpted from an Akerman, LLP blog On March 12, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced a new National Emphasis Program (NEP) designed to significantly reduce worker exposure to COVID-19 by targeting industries and...
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In a surprising development on March 2, 2021, Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued an Executive Order lifting the mask mandate and increasing capacity of all businesses and facilities to 100%. Granted, the number of hospital patients suffering from...
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In December of 2020, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published guidance on employer mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policies. The guidance explained that with few exceptions, employers can require employees to receive the...
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With the U.S. racing towards having 75% of its residents receiving the COVID-19 vaccination by the summer, a national effort is underway to assist people to receive their immunizations. In a deadly contest against a virus that’s killed more...
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As people were literally waiting in line to receive their COVID-19 vaccine on March 2, Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced an end to the mask mandate and COVID-19 operating limits in Texas. His new Executive Order will go into effect March 10...
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Excerpted from an article in The Atlantic by Derek Thompson Why wouldn’t someone want a COVID-19 vaccine? Staring at the raw numbers, it doesn’t seem like a hard choice. Thousands of people are dying of COVID-19 every day. Meanwhile, out of the...
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If your office is in Texas or the southwest, you probably don’t need to enact a severe weather policy very often. But let it be known on Feb. 15, 2021, a temperature of -2 degrees was recorded at DFW Airport. Now that’s cold. With freezing...
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We ran across this case and thought it might be of interest to our clients at GroupOne Background Screening. Last summer, Nike retail stores, like almost all businesses in the U.S., began requiring its employees to wear masks to combat the spread...
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