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Hiring Practices
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Employment Discrimination Report
Tyson’s $2.25M Settlement with OFCCP Highlights Employers’ Need to Document Hiring Practices
Tyson Foods recently entered into a $2.25 million settlement with the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs ("OFCCP") after the OFCCP alleged that Tyson discriminated against at least 1650 female…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
DOJ Hiring – What Constitutes Merit?
By Ellen Podgor
David Ingram, BLT Blog, Senator Wants Inquiry Into DOJ Civil Rights Hires has an interesting post on a request for an investigation of hiring practices at DOJ. DOJ hiring practices was…
Texas Employment Law Update
The EEOC Wants You to Consider Hiring this Guy.
The EEOC is reviewing whether the use of arrest and criminal conviction information acts as a hiring barrier and whether employers should be precluded from asking about criminal convictions. The EEOC publicized the…
New Jersey Public Safety Officers Law Blog
Towns Must Provide Explanations When Hiring Less Qualified Workers
As reported by nj.com, municipalities hiring from a civil service list have to give a “legitimate” reason for skipping over a candidate in favor of one who placed lower…
Truck Injury Lawyer Blog
TRUCKING COMPANIES CONTINUE TO KNOWINGLY HIRE UNSAFE TRUCKERS
By Morgan Adams
"Negligent Hiring" "Driver Shortage" "Dangerous Driver" "Unsafe Driver" "Pre-Employment Screening Program" PSP
Minnesota Employer
Practical Guidelines For Hiring
In general, employers should consider answering the following questions before interviewing applicants and while reviewing application forms: Is this question necessary to evaluate the applicant's ability to perform the job?…
Employment Law Watch
The Dangers to U.S. & Worldwide Employers from ‘Ban the Box’ Legislation
By Meghan O. Offer, Eugene K. Connors, Don A. Innamorato
To prevent job applicants with criminal records from automatic hiring rejection, cities and states are considering and already adopting so-called “Ban the Box” laws and ordinances. Among the states that have…
Employment & Labor
Seventh Circuit Takes Broad View Of EEOC Subpoena Power
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Christopher J. DeGroff After a year that saw the EEOC filing a record number of subpoena enforcement actions, employers now also face a disturbing…
Michigan Employment Law Advisor
Can an Employer Reject a Job Applicant Based on a Previous Bankruptcy?
By Jason Shinn
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…
Labor & Employment Law Navigator
EEOC Investigates Practice of Hiring Only Currently Employed Applicants
Not content with managing its current workload, the EEOC is looking for new theories of discrimination. It held a hearing yesterday to consider whether employers may be refusing to consider…