Category: News

New York State Enacts New Workplace COVID-19 Precautions New York’s legislature has passed the NY Hero Act mandating new COVID-19 precautions for employers. The bill instructs the Department of Labor (DOL) to create minimum requirements for...

The Philadelphia City Council Passes Bill Prohibiting Pre-Employment Cannabis Screening & Drug Testing The Philadelphia city council has overwhelmingly voted in favor of Bill No. 200625, which prohibits pre-employment drug testing for cannabis....

California Legislation Would Seal Old Convictions California has introduced a new bill, SB 731, which would retroactively seal the criminal records of the formerly incarcerated who go two years without further contact with the criminal justice system,...

New York City Human Rights Law Violations For Large Transportation Company After Background Checks Result in Class Action Suit A former driver for a large transportation company has filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of New York, alleging violations...

CFPB Annual Complaint Report Revealed More than Half-Million Complaints in 2020 The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has provided Congress with its Consumer Response Annual Report for 2020. This report has shown an increase of nearly 54%...

New York City Expands Ban the Box Laws (Fair Chance Act) Protections For Applicants and Current Employees Earlier this year, New York City expanded its already strong New York City Fair Chance Act (FCA), or as it is more commonly known, “Ban-the-Box”...

New York Recreational Marijuana Law  – Legalized Weed On March 31, the New York State Cannabis/Marijuana Regulation & Taxation Act legalized the recreational use of marijuana. Though legal, commercial sales of the substance will not be...

Leader of Capitol Review Calling for Background Checks On All Congressional Staff Retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré, who headed the security review following the Jan. 6 insurrection at the capital at the request of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, has repeated...

Technical FCRA Violation May Give Right To Sue According To Eastern District of Missouri Court The Eastern District of Missouri has decided in the case of Hood v. Action Logistix, LLC that a solely procedural violation may be enough to give standing...

Background Check Scandal Causes YMCA CEO To Step Down The Dryades, YMCA board of directors responsible for the K-8 James Singleton Charter School, held a meeting to announce the retirement of the current president and CEO, Doug Evans. This is in...