California enacts slew of employment-related laws 
Published: October 27, 2011
Tags: background checks, credit checks, E-verify, family leave, gender discrimination, Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act, health insurance. GINA
California recently enacted a number of employment-related laws, including a requirement to provide health insurance during family leave and adding gender identification and genetic information as protected categories from discrimination.
Popular job-screening practice provokes new lawsuits
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: January 27, 2011
Tags: background checks, credit checks, credit screening, disparate impact, EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Kaplan Higher Education
Employers are coming under increasing scrutiny and are now facing freshly filed lawsuits over credit screenings of job applicants.
State bans criminal history questions on job applications
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: September 8, 2010
Tags: background checks
Employers in Massachusetts must overhaul their job applications in light of a new law that changes the rules on criminal history background checks.
EEOC cracks down on background check-related job bias claims
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: August 13, 2010
Tags: background checks, credit checks, disparate impact, EEOC, employment discrimination
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is stepping up scrutiny of hiring policies – including the use of criminal background and credit checks – that can have a negative impact on members of minority groups.
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