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On January 1, a new Michigan law took effect to protect companies that hire ex-offenders who go on to cause damage or injury during the course of their employment. Louisiana , Georgia , Tennessee, and Texas recently passed similar laws. The Michigan law specifically…
Most employers understand the importance of compliance with the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) as it applies to background checks and applicant records. However, employers also must recognize the interplay of state law restrictions on the use of background…
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…
San Francisco recently posted FAQs describing key provisions of the city’s Fair Chance Ordinance (“Ordinance”), which took effect on August 13, 2014. The “bans the box,” Ordinance prohibits most private employers and contractors in the…
Adrian Wright Jr., 31, a former school janitor in Baton Rouge, was booked on a count of forcible rape of a 14 year old girl. On that Saturday, Wright allegedly pushed the girl, a student at North Banks Middle School, into a classroom and then raped her. She did not…
In Waco, TX, after La Vega ISD officials discovered possible criminal offenses that were missed because of improper background checking on an athletic trainer who was brought in to work with the cheerleaders the volunteer was barred from school property. The district…
InMcCorkle v. Schenker Logistics, Inc., 2014 WL 5020598 (M.D. Pa. October 8, 2014), the court held that terminating an employee for not fully disclosing his criminal history, as requested in an employment application, did not violate the Pennsylvania Criminal History…
The City Council of Madison, Wisconsin has the joined numerous municipalities across the country by passing a legislation to ban the box – except for police and firefighter applicants – officials are now considering whether to force city vendors and…
A new District of Columbia law, Fair Criminal Record Screening Amendment Act of 2014 (Act Number A20-0422), prohibits employers from inquiring into a prospective employee’s criminal conviction background on its application and before making a conditional offer…
Two Arizona lawmakers have pledged to push for legislation that would prohibit registered sex offenders from having unfettered access to hotel guest rooms, an effort hospitality officials say they would welcome for discussion. The announcement comes in the wake of…