A year after enacting the 2018 Equal Pay and Opportunity Act, the legislature in Washington has passed HB 1696, which restricts pay history...
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Washington Adds Pay History Ban, Transparency Requirements
Ruling Raises Important Considerations for Independent Contractor Background Screening
A decision by the Southern District of Iowa in Smith v. Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company has provided some hope for those seeking ways to defend...
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Ninth Circuit Weighs in on Calculating the FCRA’s Seven-Year Reporting Rule
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently weighed in on a Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) case in which the plaintiff sued a consumer reporting...
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Eleventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Attempted FCRA Class Action Against Furnisher of Consumer Information
The Eleventh Circuit recently dismissed putative class action suit Hunt v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, Nat’l Ass’n, holding that the bank had not...
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Maine and Cincinnati (Ohio) Join the Growing List of Jurisdictions Banning Salary History Inquiries
Maine and Cincinnati now prohibit employers from making salary history inquiries of potential employees. In Maine, “An Act Regarding Pay Equality”...
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US Workers Are Failing Drug Tests at an Incredible Rate – But Legal Weed Has the Future of These Screenings in Doubt
Although experts are predicting drug testing won’t entirely disappear due to the increased legalization of marijuana, they have said that the...
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Illinois Marijuana Legislation Update: Senate Bill Would Protect Employers’ Rights
As part of the full legalization of recreational marijuana, House Bill 0902 creates the Cannabis Legalization Equity Act, which provides details...
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GDPR: What Impact Has It Really Made During Its First Year?
As we come up on the one-year mark of the GDPR, it makes sense to take stock of what seems to be working well—and what may be working less well...
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Surge in I.C.E. Immigration Enforcement is Wake-Up Call to U.S. Employers
Here is a wake-up call for employers thinking about shoring up their immigration compliance process as a New Year’s resolution. U.S. Immigration...
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E-Verify Begins Validating Driver’s License Data with National Law Enforcement Tracking System
As part of ongoing expansions, the E-Verify system now can check driver’s license data from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto...
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Say What? The Employee Who Failed His Post-Accident Drug Test Gets Workers’ Comp.?
Employers might assume that an injured worker’s positive post-accident drug or alcohol test will automatically defeat a related workers’...
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Workforce Drug Positivity Rises by Double-Digits in Almost One-Third of U.S. Industry Sectors Examined, According to New Quest Diagnostics
Data released by Quest Diagnostics shows that drug use in the United States workforce increased by double digits between 2015 and 2017 in five...
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