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Blaming low unemployment, Curtis Graves, an attorney with the Mountain States Employers Council, said if the unemployment rate ticked up to 6 or 7 percent, some employers would likely resume testing for marijuana. But, for now, many Colorado businesses are dropping…
Although the legalization of recreational use of marijuana is still up for debate, the courts have granted legal access to marijuana for individuals with a medical need. In response to courts requiring “reasonable access” to a legal source of medical marijuana, the…
Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin issued an executive order Wednesday that removes questions about criminal history from the initial application for state jobs in the executive branch. The Fair Chance Employment Initiative means that applicants will not be required to…
United Parcel Service of America Inc. (UPS) is facing a class action lawsuit after allegedly using background checks to make employment decisions without providing the results to job applicants or employees. This violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) could…
Mayor Muriel Bowser signed a bill prohibiting, with limited exceptions, employers’ use of or obtaining a job applicant’s or employee’s credit information for employment purposes. The prohibition does not apply to certain law enforcement and financial positions, among…
After a survey conducted by the Center For Law and Justice in Albany revealed that 70 percent of employers would not consider hiring someone with a conviction record, the county took the final step to “ban the box” on county job applications. A 32 to 3 vote allowed…
Capitol Network Distance Learning Programs and Stepping Stonez Development, LLC, two separate diploma mills, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges that they falsely claimed to be accredited schools. The defendants are banned from marketing or…
Although school districts in Indiana are in favor of legislation that would require running background checks for teachers, some are worried about how additional measures would be paid for. The USA Today Network revealed that the state-by-state patchwork of laws and…
Attorney Montserrat Miller’s article is a poignant reminder employers about practices they should implement to help mitigate risk in the hiring process. She wrote “a series of recent class action complaints against employers leads me to write about what employers can…
In January, the U.S. Department of Transportation published a notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register in which it proposes to amend its drug testing program regulation to add four synthetic opioids to its drug testing panel. It also will add…