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Can an Employer Reject a Job Applicant Based on a Previous Bankruptcy?
Employers commonly ask if it is legally permissible to use a job applicant’s prior bankruptcy filing in making hiring decisions. A recent court opinion out of the Third Circuit (the federal circuit...
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Proposed Michigan Legislation Would Restrict Use of Credit Reports in...
Connecticut recently joined five other states that restrict the use of credit report information in employment decisions. These five other states are Maryland, Illinois, Oregon, Washington, and Hawaii....
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Can An Employer Ask a Job Applicant … The Nuts & Bolts of Legal Preemployment...
Employers, HR professionals, and job applicants generally understand that there are questions that can be asked during the interview process and there are questions that cannot be asked because they...
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Pre-Employment Criminal Background Checks: Learning from Pepsi’s $3,000,000...
On January 11, 2012, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) reported that Pepsi Beverages agreed to pay $3.13 million and provide job offers and training to resolve a charge of race...
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Target Eliminates use of “Check the Box” in Relation to Job Applications and...
Job applications commonly have a question in the form of checking a box to indicate whether an applicant has a criminal record. If the applicant checks “yes,” the applicant is asked to explain the...
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Proposed Michigan Bill Would Make it Easier for Individuals to Clear...
Michigan’s Senate Judiciary committee is scheduled to consider a bill tomorrow that would make it easier for individuals previously convicted of certain crimes to have their records expunged....
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Job Applicant’s Lawsuit under Fair Credit Reporting Act Barred by Statute of...
Employers in Michigan and surrounding states conducting background reports on job applicants received a favorable decision from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals when it comes to limiting liability...
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Hiring the No. 2 Guy on al-Qaeda’s Hit List: An Uber-Example of Limitations...
If you recently used Uber in Florida, did you check to see if your driver was Terry Jones? If Mr. Jones’ name or his significance is not immediately apparent to you, don’t worry, Uber apparently had no...
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Court Blocks EEOC’s Criminal Conviction Guidance
Criminal background checks are routine for job applicants. But in 2012, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) disrupted that routine when it issued guidance for how and when criminal...
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Proposed Michigan Bill Would Make it Easier for Individuals to Clear...
Michigan’s Senate Judiciary committee is scheduled to consider a bill tomorrow that would make it easier for individuals previously convicted of certain crimes to have their records expunged....
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Job Applicant’s Lawsuit under Fair Credit Reporting Act Barred by Statute of...
Employers in Michigan and surrounding states conducting background reports on job applicants received a favorable decision from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals when it comes to limiting liability...
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Hiring the No. 2 Guy on al-Qaeda’s Hit List: An Uber-Example of Limitations...
If you recently used Uber in Florida, did you check to see if your driver was Terry Jones? If Mr. Jones’ name or his significance is not immediately apparent to you, don’t worry, Uber apparently had no...
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Michigan’s Clean Slate Act and What it Means for Criminal Background Checks
Beginning April 11, 2023, some felonies and misdemeanors will be automatically expunged after a certain amount of time under Michigan’s Clean Slate Act. The Law also makes more people in Michigan...
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