Category: Articles-Updates

Federal Court Rules Against Employees Who Abuse Leaves of Absence The U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware has provided summary judgment holding that the company DuPont did not terminate employee Peggy Snyder in violation of the Family...

New York City Amends Ban-the-Box Law New York City’s council recently amended the city’s Fair Chance Act, or as it is better known, “ban-the-box” law. This amendment makes several small changes, such as adding a definition...

Would You Hire a Felon if You Were Paid $2,400? Can you imagine knowingly hiring a felon?  I frequently recommend it.  You would think that processing millions of background checks and the coinciding criminal felony records would make me a bit...

Fifth Circuit Rules Against Employee Who Refused Vaccines Many employers are considering mandatory vaccines as well as how to respond to employees’ requests for accommodation. More light is being shed on this due to the rise of Covid vaccines...

Can an employer require a COVID-19 vaccine? The Covid vaccine has officially arrived, and HR’s obstacles are shifting. The new #1 HR dilemma coming down the pipeline has shifted to: “Can we mandate COVID-19 vaccinations?”  Two...

Maximize the Effectiveness of Background Verification Companies Background verification companies have long been a layer of security for organizations when making hiring decisions. The value of receiving personal history data to verify education...

New York City Expanding Fair Chance Act The New York City Council has chosen to amend the Fair Chance Act (FCA) to expand its protections to applicants and employees with current criminal convictions or disabilities and clarify points of confusion...

Kansas Nursing Home Facing $1.5 Million Lawsuit An Andover, Kansas nursing home is facing a $1.5 million wrongful death lawsuit due to failing to conduct appropriate employment screening on a staff member. This staff member is currently facing criminal...

Ohio Reforms Employment Discrimination Statute After 25 years of discussion between Ohio lawmakers, employers, and employee-rights advocates, Ohio has passed significant reforms to its employment discrimination statute  R.C. Chapter 4112. These...

Job Recovery Could Be Fast After the Covid-19 Vaccine Both Federal Reserve officials and some Wall Street bankers have made an optimistic prediction. Both predict that the unemployment rate will drop to near pre-pandemic levels in the next three...