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Background Checks
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Workforce Compliance Insights
GAO Releases Report on Criminal Background Checks for Employment
Yesterday the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on the use of criminal background checks (GAO-15-162) tied to a congressional request. The title of the report is, "Criminal History…
Collegiate & Professional Sports Law Blog
Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association To Implement Background Checks For Officials
Closing one of the last gaps in ensuring the safety of students from school workers in Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) has approved an initiative requiring all high…
Labor Days
Court of Appeals Dismisses EEOC Appeal of Background Check Suit, Faulting Agency Process
In the appeal of a lawsuit brought by the EEOC over a Texas employer’s use of background checks in the hiring process, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Freeman, the Fourth…
Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
EEOC Rebuked by Fourth Circuit on Criminal Background Check Litigation
On February 20, 2015, a unanimous panel of the Fourth Circuit affirmed the exclusion of expert testimony by EEOC expert Kevin Murphy and the grant of summary judgment against the…
Law and the Workplace
EEOC Background Check Litigation Strategy Criticized
Readers who have been following the EEOC's efforts to prosecute employers who conduct background checks will be interested in the Wall Street Journal's editorial, "Hit Us Again, Harder." The paper…
Employment Law Worldview
Freeman’s Background Check Win Has Little to Do with Background Checks, Everything to Do with EEOC Experts.
The EEOC has pushed hard in recent years to curb employer use of background checks in hiring decisions (see our blog post here). In 2009, the EEOC filed suit against…
Employment Law Spotlight
“Lies, D*mned Lies, and Statistics”: Fourth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment Against EEOC on Background Check Lawsuit Based Upon Faulty Statistical Analysis
On February 20, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a Maryland federal district court’s entry of summary judgment against the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission…
Law and the Workplace
Fourth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment against EEOC in Background Check Suit
By Daniel Saperstein, Katharine Parker
Last week, in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) v. Freeman, No. 13-2365 (4th Cir. Feb. 20, 2015), the Fourth Circuit affirmed the award of summary judgment against the EEOC in…
EEOC Year-End Countdown
Fourth Circuit Deals Body Blow To EEOC Hiring Check Enforcement Litigation
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Pamela Q. Devata, and Jason Englund Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit dealt a lethal blow to the EEOC’s hiring check…
Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
Hawaii Supreme Court Weighs In On Whether Criminal Conviction is Related to Radiological Technician Position
At least thirteen states, the District of Columbia, and almost 100 cities and counties have passed so-called "ban the box" laws, which restrict the scope of permissible investigations into job…