Client Portals
The University of Southern California recently terminated Steve Sarkisian, their head football coach. The firing came after a cavalcade of headlines that Sarkisian was increasingly showing up at practices, team functions, and even games allegedly under the influence…
With all the changes to state laws now permitting recreational and medical marijuana use, HR professionals are understandably feeling dazed and confused. Employers with employees who use medical marijuana will have to do some studying into the employee’s job…
Reasonable suspicion alcohol testing of a safety-sensitive employee who was injured in a bar fight and who took medical leave for “acute alcoholic pancreatitis” was upheld by a federal court in Indiana, even though the testing did not take place until the…
Supervisors should undergo reasonable suspicion training to enforce drug-free workplace policies and ensure worker safety, speakers said during the 2015 California Workers’ Compensation & Risk Conference in Dana Point, California. Employers’ written…
LabatonSucharow filed a class action on behalf of about 21.5 million federal employees, contractors and job applicants whose personal information was exposed in an epic breach of security at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, which screens applicants for federal…
Infinity Staffing Solutions LLC d/b/a Lyneer Staffing Solutions has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit alleging it violated the FCRA with regard to background checks it obtained on job applicants. The background check class action lawsuit was filed by plaintiff…
If you are among the estimated one in four Americans with a criminal record, you might face an uphill battle in your job search. Surveys show that a majority of employers (92%) perform criminal background checks when hiring for at least some positions. If a…
Hiring the right person to care for your kids and elderly parents is one of the most difficult decisions to make. And now a popular website that connects families and caregivers is facing questions about the thoroughness of its background checks. In March of 2014,…
A recent class action lawsuit against Amazon is at least the second of its kind to be filed against the company in the last six months. Plaintiff Theo Feldstein alleges he was initially offered a job working for Amazon but the offer was withdrawn after the company…
A woman who applied for a job at Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. has filed a putative class action lawsuit against the national restaurant chain. According to the class action lawsuit, Chipotle has violated the FCRA in their application documents by asking applicants to…