The EEOC Settles Six-Year-Old Lawsuit Attacking Background Check Policy

By Jessica Knapp Little & Robert T. Quackenboss

December 12, 2019

Dollar General and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) recently settled a six-year-old Title VII lawsuit. The EEOC brought its race discrimination claim on behalf of a Charging Party and a class of Black job applicants, alleging that Dollar General’s use of criminal justice history information in the hiring process had a disparate impact on Black applicants.…

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Federal Court Finds That General Statistical Data Is Not Enough to Show That No-Conviction Hiring Policy Was Discriminatory

By Jessica Knapp Little & Robert T. Quackenboss

August 15, 2019

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The United States District Court for the Western District of New York recently granted an early dismissal of a class action lawsuit prior to class certification. Mandala v. NTT Data, Inc., 18-CV-6591 CJS, 2019 WL 3237361, at *1 (W.D.N.Y. July 18, 2019). The plaintiffs in Mandala were two African-American men who applied for and were offered jobs with the defendant employer. After the employer conducted a criminal background check on the plaintiffs and found they…

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No-Poaching Agreements May Not Be Entirely Out of the Question

By Jessica Knapp Little & Alan J. Marcuis

February 26, 2019

Two years after jointly issuing its 2016 Antitrust Guidance for Human Resource Professionals with the FTC, the DOJ is now taking active steps to clarify its stance on no-poaching agreements. On January 25, 2019, the DOJ filed a Notice of Intent to File a Statement of Interest in three different class action lawsuits brought by employees of fast-food franchises against their employers alleging that no-poaching agreements in franchise agreements violate antitrust law.…

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Failing to Properly Conduct Background Checks Continues To Be a Million-Dollar Mistake

By Jessica Knapp Little & Robert T. Quackenboss

December 10, 2018

Employers failing to strictly comply with FCRA requirements in conducting background checks continue to face expensive consequences. On November 16, 2018, the United States District Court for the Southern District of California approved a $1.2 million settlement of a class action lawsuit alleging violations of the FCRA filed against the popular pet supplies chain Petco.…

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The EEOC Settles Six-Year-Old Lawsuit Attacking Background Check Policy

Federal Court Finds That General Statistical Data Is Not Enough to Show That No-Conviction Hiring Policy Was Discriminatory

No-Poaching Agreements May Not Be Entirely Out of the Question

Failing to Properly Conduct Background Checks Continues To Be a Million-Dollar Mistake

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