The “Seven-year Rule” for adverse information
What is the “Seven-year Rule?” When reading the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), you see that it allows non-conviction criminal information to be reported for up to seven years. A […]
Bush legacy lives on through Americans With Disabilities Act
Excerpted from a blog by Connie Elder Carrigan of Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers LLP As tributes to former President George H.W. Bush’s legacy continue in the wake […]
EEOC continues to scrutinize criminal record screening policies
Excerpted from a Lexology blog by Littler Mendelson PC Employers that use criminal record-screening policies must continue to be vigilant about compliance with all applicable laws and should know that […]
Why compliance is so important in pre-employment background screening
Compliance is the name of the game in today’s pre-employment background screening process. Kansas and North Carolina’s recent enactment of laws last week governing the use of criminal history in […]