Gov. Jay Nixon visited the St. Louis Agency on Training and Employment to sign Executive Order 16-04, to lessen barriers to individuals with...
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Gov. Nixon Signs Executive Order To “Ban The Box” In State Employment
Proposed Amendments To Fair Credit Reporting Act
Two new bills affecting credit reporting and the use of credit reports for employment purposes are working their way through Congress. If passed...
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Uber Settles Lawsuit With San Francisco and Los Angeles Over Driver Background Checks
Uber agreed to pay up to $25 million to settle a 2014 lawsuit filed by city officials in San Francisco and Los Angeles who argued that the ride...
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Wisconsin Employers Targeted For Technical Violations of The Fair Credit Reporting Act
Within the past year, one Wisconsin resident has filed several class-action lawsuits against Wisconsin employers. In each case, the plaintiff...
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Chattanooga Police Backlogged On 23,000 Expunged Records
While Chattanooga leaders are working to make it easier to hire people with criminal backgrounds, the Chattanooga Police Department is years...
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Study: Credit-Check Bans Lead To More Bias
A new study finds that when employers are prohibited from looking into applicants’ financial history, African-Americans become more likely to be...
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Bethlehem, PA Waiting To Ask Job Seekers About Criminal Records
Come March 14, Bethlehem no longer will ask each job applicant up front about a criminal record.That information, however, will be divulged prior...
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New Twist On The Sex-Offender Registry: Financial Crime
States have taken the idea of the sex-offender registry and applied it to everything from kidnapping to animal abuse. Utah is expanding it into...
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Top Candidates Are Gone Within 10 Days … So Assign Each A ‘Hire-By-Date’
If business people ran recruiting … they would assign a “hire by date” to each must-hire candidate, because these valuable in-demand candidates...
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Removing Birthdate From Iowa Court Records Could Have Unintended Consequences
Many federal, state and local public agencies and courts are actively considering whether to remove or redact identifiers from public records and...
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Rooting Out Jerks Is More Important Than Hiring Superstars, New Study Shows
Firing your worst employee is worth more than twice as much as hiring a superstar, claims new Harvard research. “While a top 1% worker might...
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State Contractors Must Use E-Verify, AG Says
Proponents of tougher state-based immigration enforcement in Texas have won a small but significant victory. In an opinion, Attorney General Ken...
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