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Les Rosen's Corner Eeoc Must Testify On Own Use Of Criminal Background Checks
September 26, 2012 - A federal district Court in Maryland has ruled that an employer sued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for alleged discriminatory use of criminal background checks and credit histories in hiring may compel the EEOC the testify regarding the agency's own use of criminal records and credit information for employment screening. The ruling EEOC v. Freeman, D. Md., No. 09-2573, 8/14/12 is here: http://op.bna.com/dlrcases.nsf/id/kmgn-8x7jwz/$File/freemanprotect.pdf. In September 2009, the EEOC - the agency that enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination - sued the defendant, a corporate events planner, alleging it systematically engaged in a "pattern or practice" of unlawful discrimination...
New EEOC Rules Adds To Employers Decison Making Woes
September 01, 2012 - by Mark Fijman In a lifetime of crime, Willie Sutton robbed banks of almost $2,000,000.00. From 1934 through 1947 he was one of the nation'...
Les Rosen's Corner EEOC Must Testify On Own Use Of Criminal Background Checks
September 01, 2012 - A federal district Court in Maryland has ruled that an employer sued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for alleged discriminato...
New Indiana Law Regarding Criminal Background Checks
August 01, 2012 - by Beth Zoller As of July 1, 2012, Indiana employers are now prohibited from conducting certain preemployment inquiries and are restricted in t...
SHRM Background Check Survey Finds Nearly 70 Percent of Organizations Conduct Criminal Checks on All
August 01, 2012 - by Tom Ahearn Nearly seven out of ten organizations "69 percent " conduct criminal background checks on all of their job candidate...
Les Rosen's Corner Vermont to Limit Employers From Using Credit Reports for Employment Decisions
August 01, 2012 - Continuing the trend of states stopping employers from routinely obtaining credit reports on applicants and employees to use in making employment d...
Grim Times For Background Checkers
July 01, 2012 - By Steven Brownstein Hardly a day goes by we don't hear something about the new EEOC ruling. We get news alerts, E-Mails, phone calls,...
Dennis Brownstein's Extreme Court News
July 01, 2012 - Police Gone Wild A South Carolina woman said police escorted her out of her daughter's graduation for cheering and charged her with disorde...
Report Says Errors Are Common On Background Checks
July 01, 2012 - by Paul Muschick | The Watchdog With jobs still scarce, employers can be choosier than ever before when deciding whom to hire. Many use backgro...
National Association of Professional Background Screeners Study Affirms Accuracy of Background Check
July 01, 2012 - by Tom Ahearn The National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS) has announced that a recent study of background screening c...
Les Rosen's Corner
July 01, 2012 - Vermont to Limit Employers From Using Credit Reports for Employment Decisions Starting July 1 Continuing the trend of states stopping employers...
Indiana Gets Tough On Criminal Records
July 01, 2012 - by Rod Fliegel, Jennifer Mora, and William Simmons The EEOC's April 25, 2012 updated enforcement guidance on the use of arrest and convicti...
The Background On Philippines NBI Clearances
June 01, 2012 - by Steven Brownstein The Philippines NBI query a name. They'll get matching name results from all cases reported from the whole country...
Bogus Address Thwarts NBI Philippines Clearance - Employer Robbed
June 01, 2012 - by Kawawang Ale, Philippines I would like to share to you the sad fate we faced with a maid who robbed us. Her name is Cecelia Lazo Pacis, a na...
Press Release Writing 101: Five Steps to an Attention-Grabbing Lead
June 01, 2012 - by Andrew Hindes You've got eight seconds. Or maybe just four. There are varying estimates as to the average amount of time journalists...
Obama's EEOC Runs Amok
June 01, 2012 - by Jennifer Rubin The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), th agency that enforces federal anti-discrimination laws, shook up employ...
NAPBS Accreditation: The Grandfathering Issue
June 01, 2012 - by Derek Hinton Answer: The La Brea Tar Pits. Question: What do you have left after eating the La Brea Tar Peaches? &nbs...
Les Rosen's Corner Les Is Quoted On NPR
June 01, 2012 - In an article recently published on the National Public Radio (NPR) website, Attorney and safe hiring expert Lester Rosen, founder and CEO of backg...
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