Although the car of a Mid-South nurse was found with meth, marijuana and 600 prescription pills inside, her license has remained untarnished. The...
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Former U.S. Army and Army Reserve veteran and PSA Airlines pilot Christian Richard Martin had been found guilty of assault on a child under the...
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Racial discrimination complaints have been filed against Walmart by two African American warehouse workers who were working for several years in a...
MoreMassachusetts Attorney General is Checking Whether Employment Applications Contain Prohibited Criminal History Questions
Nineteen businesses were recently cited by Attorney General Maura Healey for violation of the state’s ban-the-box law. A similar round of...
MoreColorado Legislature Passes Significant Equal Pay Bill, Including Salary History Ban and Job Posting Requirements
The Colorado General Assembly recently passed into legislation Senate Bill 19-085, the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, which aims to strengthen the...
MoreWashington Adds Pay History Ban, Transparency Requirements
A year after enacting the 2018 Equal Pay and Opportunity Act, the legislature in Washington has passed HB 1696, which restricts pay history...
MoreRuling Raises Important Considerations for Independent Contractor Background Screening
A decision by the Southern District of Iowa in Smith v. Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company has provided some hope for those seeking ways to defend...
MoreNinth Circuit Weighs in on Calculating the FCRA’s Seven-Year Reporting Rule
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently weighed in on a Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) case in which the plaintiff sued a consumer reporting...
MoreEleventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Attempted FCRA Class Action Against Furnisher of Consumer Information
The Eleventh Circuit recently dismissed putative class action suit Hunt v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, Nat’l Ass’n, holding that the bank had not...
MoreMaine and Cincinnati (Ohio) Join the Growing List of Jurisdictions Banning Salary History Inquiries
Maine and Cincinnati now prohibit employers from making salary history inquiries of potential employees. In Maine, “An Act Regarding Pay Equality”...
MoreUS Workers Are Failing Drug Tests at an Incredible Rate – But Legal Weed Has the Future of These Screenings in Doubt
Although experts are predicting drug testing won’t entirely disappear due to the increased legalization of marijuana, they have said that the...
MoreIllinois Marijuana Legislation Update: Senate Bill Would Protect Employers’ Rights
As part of the full legalization of recreational marijuana, House Bill 0902 creates the Cannabis Legalization Equity Act, which provides details...
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