Archive for November 2015
Grocery stores settle class action suits over FCRA violations
three large grocery store chains have found themselves the target of lawsuits for violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act. All three of them chose the wiser route, to settle the class action lawsuits rather than risk going to court and losing their cases. Whole Foods, Food Lion/Delhaize, and Publix Supermarkets each settled out of…
Read MoreEEOC Annual Report shows 92,641 cases resolved & $525 million awarded
Fiscal Year 2015 Performance and Accountability Report (PAR). This report discusses activities during the past fiscal year from October 1, 2014 through September 30, 2015 that were designed to meet the priorities outlined in the EEOC Strategic Enforcement Plan (SEP) for Fiscal Years 2012-2016. Jenny Yang, EEOC Chair, highlighted three key areas of success in her…
Read MoreUber quietly begins testing fingerprint background checks
Uber has quietly started testing the fingerprinting process on some of its drivers. Uber background checks have been a controversial issue since day one. Five hundred Los Angeles-based Uber drivers were invited to undergo fingerprint background checks; it has not been determined whether fingerprint screening has been tested in other markets, or whether the fingerprinting…
Read MoreIOC requests independent drug testing outside sports federations
the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) take over all sports drug testing as an independent agency, in an attempt to bring credibility to drug testing in athletics. It would be a huge undertaking for the WADA, but having an independent organization conduct drug-screening tests could improve fairness when it comes to Olympic drug testing. WADA does…
Read MoreKansas considers updating background check regulations for school bus drivers
oard is considering whether it should require bus drivers to have a completely clean background check, with any felony record at any point in time being cause for disqualification for future employment or termination from current employment. It appears that parents of children in Kansas schools are divided on whether or not the expansion of…
Read MoreOctober 2015 employment: increase in wages, professional service jobs
a release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, October saw dramatic job gains across many industries, as well as increases in private (non-farm) hourly wages. The Bureau says the unemployment rate remained “unchanged” from September’s rate of 5.1 percent, but the new report shows that the percentage of unemployed must have just edged under the…
Read MoreObama expected to sign Executive Order to ‘ban the box’ for federal employers
President Obama is expected to sign an Executive Order on Monday that would prohibit federal employers from asking job applicants questions about potential criminal records until significantly later in the hiring process. In a previous post, we shared that both the House of Representatives and the Senate are also currently debating bills that propose ban-the-box…
Read MoreMYB applicant tracking system now integrated with 24 different CRM systems
Get connected to Mind Your Business to learn more about how to simplify and streamline the background screening process in your business. (Full list of CRM integrated systems: ADP Virtual Edge, Applicant Harbor, Peopleclick Authoria, HRsmart, iCIMS, Job Science, My Staffing Pro, PC Recruiter, Healthcare Source Position Manager, ERC Selectech, SilkRoad Open Hire, Smart…
Read MoreNew York City ‘ban the box’ act goes into effect
banning pre-employment credit checks, and it’s continuing to prevent employment discrimination as its citywide ‘ban the box’ law goes into effect. NYC’s Fair Chance Act was passed back in June, amending the city’s Human Rights Law, which previously protected individuals from employment discrimination on a similar basis as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, adding that…
Read MoreAre fingerprint background checks a form of discrimination?
against fingerprint background checks for drivers. The Austin City Council had recommended fingerprint background checks for Uber and Lyft drivers, but two local groups are not on board. Teddy McDaniel of the Austin Urban League and Nelson Linder of the Austin chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People wrote a letter…
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