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Colorado Bill Impacts Using Juvenile Court Records
Businesses and individuals continue to deal with the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Governments all over the country found quick fixes for...
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Pending California Legislation Could Remove Public Record Search Restrictions
June 15, 2022
Reliable background checks require a variety of information. Searches of court records within a court’s electronic index, like those used for some...
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EEOC & DOJ Cautions Against Using AI to Make Employment Decisions
June 3, 2022
Artificial intelligence or AI continues to be a hot topic in HR. Seamless, touch-free use of complex hiring technologies has been the mark of a...
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FCRA Violation Case Dismissed for Lack of Standing
May 22, 2022
The Fair Credit Report Act (FCRA) is central to the use of background checks for employment. For better or worse, the FCRA is often made clearer...
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Questions Around “Willfulness” in FCRA Violations
May 10, 2022
Employer missteps during the background check process can result in legal action. As we’ve seen before, this often is the result of allegedly failing...
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I-9 Compliance Flexibility Continues Through Fall 2022
May 4, 2022
Employers have had the benefit of two years of I-9 compliance flexibility. And that’s not changing anytime soon. The Department of Homeland Security...
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Temporary List B Expiration Flexibility Ends May 1, 2022
April 26, 2022
After over two years, the Department of Human Services (DHS) announced an end to the temporary ID document flexibility for Form I-9. The temporary...
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A Case of Potential Violations of City & State Requirements in NYC
April 18, 2022
New York City has some of the country’s most complex laws for employers to follow. A case filed in the Southern District of New York alleges...
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Higher Court Reviews Employment Discrimination Case
April 5, 2022
We previously covered the appellate court decision in Cree, Inc. v. LIRC. After our last post, the case continued to move through the legal process....
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Lowe’s Accused of FCRA Violations
March 16, 2022
Home improvement store Lowe’s is accused of violating the FCRA. The claims are part of a putative class action suit filed in the Western District of...