The Colorado Supreme Court agreed on January 27, 2014 to review a case holding that an employer did not violate the state’s “legal...
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Colorado Supreme Court To Review “Lawful” Use Of Medical Marijuana
Proposal Would Force All Kansas Teachers To Be Fingerprinted
A new plan to require criminal background checks for all Kansas educators is generating a lot of buzz across the state. The proposal would require...
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More Restrictions on Criminal Background Checks
California appears to be the latest state to join the criminal-background-restriction bandwagon. A new law enacted last month amends the...
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Background Check Forms Face Increased Scrutiny in Federal Court
Businesses should check their background check consent forms and their pre-adverse action waiting periods, after a recent federal court decision...
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Whole Foods Sued Over Worker Background-Check Procedure
Whole Foods Market California Inc. was slapped with a proposed nationwide class action accusing the company of using a legally invalid form to get...
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Tommy Wells’ ‘Ban the Box’ Bill Gets Strong Support
D.C. Council member Tommy Wells introduced “ban-the-box” legislation that would bar employers from inquiring about job...
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San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors “Bans The Box” and Further Complicates Criminal History Checks by the City’s Employers
The San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors is ready to “ban the box,” the widely used criminal history check box on employment...
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Is FCRA’s Prohibition on CRAs from Disclosing Truthful Public Information Constitutional?
The Southern District of California has granted the United States’ motion to intervene in Dowell v. General Information Services, Inc...
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Health Care Worker Drug Testing Bill Advances in New Hampshire
The first law in the nation to require the widespread drug testing of health care employees may be on its way to passage, as the New Hampshire...
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Ex-NSA Chief Details Snowden’s Hiring at Agency, Booz Allen
Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor who leaked information about the agency’s surveillance program, targeted Booz Allen Hamilton Inc...
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Credit Checks Are Kicking the Jobless When They’re Down
Credit checks have become a routine part of the hiring process. Nearly half of all companies run them on potential employees, according to SHRM...
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Facebook Isn’t Actually a Good Way to Judge Potential Employees, Say Researchers
A new study from researchers at Florida State University, Old Dominion University, Clemson University, and Accenture, suggests Facebook is bunk as...
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