The National Employment Law Project (NELP) notes that more than 150 cities in 28 states have adopted some version of Ban the Box laws, with...
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A New Study Shows Ban the Box Policies Are Working
Salary History: To Ask or Not to Ask?
A recent Glassdoor survey has revealed that 53 percent of respondents believed employers should not ask applicants about their current or past...
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New Background Check Requirements Slow CCSD Hiring
New laws that are intended to keep child predators out of Nevada classrooms are taxing the Clark County School District’s human resources staff...
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Nearly 2 in 5 Employers Have Lost a Job Candidate Because of a Poor Experience with Their Background Check Process, Finds New CareerBuilder Study
A recent CareerBuilder survey reported that more than a third of employers have lost a candidate because they had a negative experience with their...
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Background Check Could Have Stopped Schaumburg Murder: Suit
The family of a woman who was found raped and murdered in her Cook County, Chicago, apartment has filed a civil lawsuit against the murderer’s...
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Another San Francisco Treat: Mayor Lee Signs Salary History Ban
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee recently signed an ordinance that will make it illegal for employers to inquire about a job applicant’s salary history...
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Drivers License Verification: Records and Information from DMVs for E-Verify (RIDE)
With drivers’ licenses and ID cards accounting for almost 80 percent of the documents used as proof of identify by employees for E-Verify, the...
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Zero Tolerance Drug Testing Policies in the Age of Medical Marijuana
With more states passing laws allowing for marijuana use for medical and recreational reasons, the law regarding an employer’s responsibilities...
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Washington Public Employer Hit with $1.8 Million Judgment for Failing to Accommodate Prescription Drug User
A customer service representative employed for 20 years in Washington was awarded more than $1.8 million in damages for the employer’s failure to...
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First Arkansas Town Approves Medical Marijuana Regulations
Texarkana’s board of directors recently approved business license fees for dispensaries and medical cannabis growers in the state of Arkansas...
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New I-9 Form Released
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has released a revised version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification...
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Massachusetts High Court Reinstates Suit by Employee Fired for Off-Duty Medical Marijuana Use
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) reversed a lower court’s dismissal, determining that a woman’s claims for disability discrimination...
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