Is your company among those who reject the unemployed because they are unemployed? If you are — and a report from the National Employment Law Project … Read more
Besides Bad PR, Currently Employed-Only Ads May Get You EEOC Attention
Is your company among those who reject the unemployed because they are unemployed? If you are — and a report from the National Employment Law Project … Read more
Retaliation Overtakes Race as the Most Common EEOC Complaint
Complaints of retaliation have overtaken race as the most common EEOC allegation made by workers against their employer. And now that the U.S. Supreme … Read more
EEOC Sues Abercrombie & Fitch (Again) For Religious Discrimination
Clothier Abercrombie & Fitch, the 21st century’s equivalent of the old South’s Woolworth’s lunch counter, is being sued again by the … Read more
6 Things You Can Do to Avoid Hiring Discrimination Issues With the EEOC
By Eric B. Meyer Yesterday, the EEOC held a meeting to discuss what it deems a “major national problem”; namely, deliberate discrimination … Read more
OFCCP Wants More Data For Compliance; Seeks to Strengthen Veteran Recruitment
Two proposals from the Federal Office of Contract Compliance Programs, now open for public comment, seek to require federal contractors and their subs to … Read more
Post a Job This Week? Your Hire Has Probably Already Applied
The early bird catches the worm. Mom and Grammy knew that, as did the English four centuries ago. Hardly a surprise, then, that a study of 6,600 hires … Read more
Survey Says More Companies Doing Background Checks on Job Candidates
Even as states and the EEOC are getting tougher — and talking tougher — on the use of credit checks, more employers are using them, says a just … Read more
Can You Reject an Applicant Because They Just Completed Drug Rehab?
By Eric B. Meyer Although the Americans with Disabilities Act does not protect employees or applicants who use illegal drugs, it does protect those who are … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Why I’m Worried About This Scary Talk From the EEOC
Here’s something that should strike fear into the heart of every manager, executive, and HR professional everywhere: The EEOC says it is “reinvigorated” … Read more