People with arrest records, heavily African Americans and Latinos, have won a $15 million settlement in a case in which they were unable to obtain...
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Judge Approves Settlement in Landmark Criminal Records Case
The Ninth Circuit Limits Immunity from Negligent Failure to Warn Cases Under the Communications Decency Act
A recent case in which the violent history of the user of an Internet dating site was not revealed to a potential match, resulting in her harm...
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Weigh the Risks and Rewards of Employing Job Seekers with Criminal Histories
Given a workforce facing unprecedented skills gaps and a country where tens of thousands of state and federal inmates are being released back into...
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Hiring the Wrong People Costs Money
Human Resource Management research has confirmed that managers play a critical role in the retention of new hires, and that those employees who...
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New Orleans Adopts Legislation Prohibiting City Contractors From Conducting Employment-Related Credit Checks
The New Orleans City Council recently approved legislation making it unlawful for city contractors to seek or use the consumer credit history of a...
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Outdoing Arizona and Alabama: Georgia’s Quest for Immigration Compliance SB 160
The Georgia State Legislature passed SB 160 this last session and just signed into law by Governor Nathan Deal, which greatly expands Georgia’s...
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Data Theft Rises Sharply, Insiders to Blame
A new survey exploring the main causes of corporate data breaches suggests that three out of four organizations in the US have been hit with the...
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New Report Finds Insider Corporate Data Theft and Malware Infections Among Biggest Threat to Digital Business in 2016
Insider data theft and malware attacks top the list of the most significant concerns for enterprise security executives, a new report from...
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Employers Advised to Review Drug Free Workplace Policy if They Intend to Prohibit Medical Marijuana Use
Ohio’s new medical marijuana law takes effect next month. Employers should be reminded that business groups lobbied for an exception allowing...
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Supplemental Briefs Submitted to the Ninth Circuit for Decision in Spokeo Case
After the Supreme Court vacated and remanded the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, the parties again appeared before the lower...
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Spokeo Based Motion to Dismiss Filed in Pennsylvania Federal Court
In Long v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation, the named plaintiffs applied for positions as bus operators with the Southeastern...
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Indiana Passes New Legislation Restricting Criminal History Information Reported in Background Checks
The EEOC’s April 25, 2012 updated enforcement guidance on the use of arrest and conviction records by employers has generated renewed and...
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