For years, we’ve seen a decline in the labor force participation rate (LFPR). That’s the number of people available for work as a percentage of the total population of working-age people. JP Morgan’s David Kelly has a post on the five reasons he…
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1 In 5 Employees Going Rogue With Corporate Data
A recent SailPoint survey conducted by Vanson Bourne results amplified concerns of companies around the world about the use of cloud applications to share mission-critical information. In fact, 20% of employees, as in, 1 in 5 employees, has uploaded proprietary…
New State Privacy Laws Go Into Effect on Jan. 1, 2015
California and Delaware legislators have recently passed bills that impose new data security and privacy requirements on companies nationwide. The laws include new data breach notification requirements, marketing restrictions, and data destruction rules. Read an…
6 Data Breach Trends To Watch In 2015
The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), reports that there have been over 700 data breaches recorded in the U.S. so far this year, a 26 percent increase over the same time period in 2013. The Target breach that occurred late last year appears to have been a…
Human Resources’ Conundrum – Reconciling New Immigration Legal Status Conferred by President Obama with I-9 Recordkeeping Realities
An estimated 4.4 million undocumented individuals will benefit from President Obama’s expansion of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program by gaining work permits. Soon many Human Resources professionals will face long-term employees…
Do DOT-Regulated Employees Have A Privacy Interest In Their Positive Drug and Alcohol Test Results? Maybe Not.
According to a recent decision by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. employees subject to U.S. Department of Transportation (“DOT”) drug and alcohol testing regulations may have limited privacy interests in their…
Drug-Testing Policy for Prescription Meds May Not Violate ADA
According to the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, an employer’s policy of drug testing all employees for prescription drugs that are packaged with warnings about operating machinery may not constitute an improper medical examination or an improper disability…
Role Reversal! EEOC Must Disclose its Own Background Check Policy to the Employer it’s Suing
The EEOC has been ordered by a federal court to turn over its own background check policy to an employer whom it is suing for a criminal background check policy that allegedly had a disparate impact on black employees. The employer had moved to compel to produce…
Michaels Hit with Background Check Class Action Lawsuit
On Dec. 4,2014 Christina Graham, a resident of New Jersey, filed a background check class action lawsuit against Michaels Stores Inc., lawsuit alleging the retailer did not disclose to her and other job applicants that the company runs background checks-criminal…
Whole Foods Hit With Illegal Background Check Class Action
Colin Speer hit Whole Foods Market Group, Inc. with a class action lawsuit in a Florida federal court alleging that the grocery store chain performs illegal background checks on prospective and existing employees in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Speer…






