The eyes (and privacy laws) of Texas are upon you…
Excerpted from JDSUPRA By Husch Blackwell LLP Consistent with the cliché that “everything’s bigger in Texas,” the Texas legislature has introduced not one, but two separate bills relating to the […]
Austin law requires job seekers with criminal pasts to have a fair shot
Excerpted from austinmonitor.com, by Audrey McGlinchy When Lauren Johnson started job hunting in the early 1990s, she walked from business to business, filling out applications by hand. “It’ll be so […]
Texas court halts EEOC’s background check guidance
Excerpted from a Lexology post by Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP Why it matters The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) guidance on the use of background checks will remain on […]
‘Fair chance’ hiring laws
By Jimmy Isaac of the Longview News Journal Jan. 24, 2017 at 11:07 p.m. KILGORE — Texas businesses leaders say they support criminal justice reforms that expand the state’s workforce […]