Washington’s House passed Bill 1385, aimed at expediting background checks for workers in caregiving roles for children, the elderly, and...
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Washington’s HB 1747 aims to restrict employers’ ability to use criminal background checks in hiring decisions, prohibiting the use of...
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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 will become the next state to implement “ban the box” legislation in June. Governor Jay Inslee signed into law the...
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Another Washington court has held that an employer lawfully may terminate an employee for using marijuana, even when the employee had a...
MoreSpokane Joining Nationwide ‘Ban the Box’ Trend
Spokane Mayor David Condon said the city would join a nationwide trend to “ban the box” and no longer ask city job applicants about...
MoreClass Action Filed Against Washington Metro Over Background Checks of African Americans
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has been named in a lawsuit after the class members claim its background check policies are...
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