A $716,400 class action settlement was reached with the owners of Van Heusen, Izod, G.H. Bass and Calvin Klein to resolve allegations that the...
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Organizations leverage background screening when hiring new employees in order to protect themselves from making a costly mistake. But candidates...
MoreBackground Checks More Cumbersome Than Ever
With companies facing hacking and age-old threats like workplace violence, a thorough system for screening out problem employees is more important...
MoreFlorida House Introduces Social Media Privacy Bill
The Florida House of Representatives has proposed a bill that will prohibit employers from requesting or requiring access to social media account...
MoreSocial Media Privacy Getting Another Look in Massachusetts Senate
The state Senate plans to renew its attempt to deliver social media privacy protections for students and employment candidates in Massachusetts...
MoreWisconsin Become Seventh State to Join E-Verify RIDE Program
On November 15, 2015, Wisconsin became the seventh state to participate in the Records and Information from DMV’s for E-Verify (RIDE) program...
MoreIncreased Prohibitions on Using “E-Verify” (AB 622)
Current California law prohibits the state, or any of its subdivisions, from requiring an employer to use electronic employment verifications...
MoreCompleting the Preparer and/or Translator Section of the Form I-9
The I-9 was supposed to be an easy, straightforward kind of document – a simple piece of paperwork to record that a company has verified its new...
MoreGlobal Privacy Enforcement Report 2015
This year’s Enforcement Report, prepared by DataGuidance’s team of Privacy Analysts in collaboration with their network of legal...
MoreWashington Court Dismisses Medical Marijuana Claims Asserted by Employee
Another Washington court has held that an employer lawfully may terminate an employee for using marijuana, even when the employee had a...
MoreEmployee Termination Upheld Due to Failure to Comply with Employer’s Prescription Medication Policy
A federal court in Utah upheld the termination of an employee who did not disclose his use of prescription medication in accordance with his...
MoreGill-Turner Bill to End Employment Discrimination Based on Credit History Clears Senate
A bill sponsored by Senator Nia H. Gill and Senator Shirley K. Turner that would end employment discrimination based on an individual’s credit...
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