Connect with us
Client Portals
Although the Philadelphia Wage Equity Ordinance has generated controversy, the City of Philadelphia has agreed to stay the enforcement. In April, the Chamber of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern…
In April, the New York City Council approved legislation that will ban employers from requesting or using job applicants’ salary history when making hiring decisions. Introduction 1253-A is similar to those bans in Massachusetts and the City of Philadelphia, along…
The California Fair Employment and Housing Council (FEHC) has finalized new regulations on employer consideration of criminal history, largely adopting the guidance set forth by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The regulations include expanding the…
In January, the United States District Court for the District of Kansas granted partial preliminary approval to the class settlement in Lengel v. HomeAdvisor, Inc., No. 15-2198-KHV. The plaintiff alleged that the company violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)…
Courts have been struggling to define the contours of standing in “no injury” ever since the Supreme Court decided Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins last year. The District of Minnesota recently granted a motion to dismiss a Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) claim in which a…
In March, the United States District Court for the Central District of California granted final approval of a Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) class action against McDonald’s. James Wesley Carter alleged that the fast-food restaurant violates rights of consumers by…
This month, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California declined to preliminarily approve a class action settlement of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) claim because the payment to class members was unreasonably low. In Lagos v. Leland Stanford…
In an effort to block the city’s newly signed wage equity law, the Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia plans to file a lawsuit, stating that the law “violates businesses’ freedom of speech.” The law, which will take effect May 23, bans employers from asking…
In April, Gov. Doug Burgum signed a bill that shields applicants for public jobs in North Dakota. The new law makes any records that could identify an applicant for a job with a “public entity” confidential until at least three finalists are designated. Opponents say…
As part of a deal that would allow Lyft and Uber drivers to service Logan Airport, the ride-sharing companies agreed to let the state run its own background checks. As a result, more than 8,000 current and recent Uber and Lyft drivers in Massachusetts have been banned…