Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On September 7, 2021, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) – an agency that enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination to advance opportunity in the workplace – announced that multinational computer technology company Dell, Inc. would pay $75,000 and provide other relief to settle an equal…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn “A Performance Audit of the Arizona Department of Public Safety Central Repository of Criminal History Records” found the Department and criminal justice agencies share statutory responsibility for ensuring the repository includes accurate criminal history records, but incomplete records may potentially put public safety at risk. “As of…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn In a sign that courts may begin to apply the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruling in the case of TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez to federal statutes beyond the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the decision by SCOTUS on Article III standing in TransUnion was…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Companies that rely on an automated hiring process “regularly eliminate all but those candidates who most closely match the job requirements specified” and “those workers are thus hidden from consideration by the design and implementation of the very processes that were meant to maximize a company’s access…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Employment Screening Resources® (ESR), a leading global provider of background checks for employment purposes, has integrated its background screening services with Lever, a leading Talent Acquisition Suite that makes it easy to reach hiring goals and connect companies with top talent. The ESR integration with Lever enables…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On August 13, 2021, the United States District Court, Middle District of Florida certified an “Adverse Action Class” in the class action lawsuit LYTTLE v. TRULIEVE, INC. that claimed a cannabis company took adverse action against employees and applicants based on background checks in a way that…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Employment Screening Resources® (ESR) – a leading global background check provider with capabilities in more than 240 countries and territories – has received notification from the International Trade Administration (ITA) that ESR’s annual submission for its certification of adherence to the EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield frameworks…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On July 21, 2021, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled in a class action lawsuit filed against Amazon.com that time spent on an employer’s premises waiting to undergo, and undergoing, mandatory security screening constituted “hours worked” within the meaning of the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act (PMWA). This…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Employment Screening Resources® (ESR) has issued a white paper entitled “Workplace Violence and Human Resources: A Brief Introduction” written by ESR founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Attorney Lester Rosen to highlight action items Human Resources (HR) and employers may consider to help prevent workplace violence. “With…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Total nonfarm employment in the United States rose by only 235,000 jobs in August 2021 – a disappointing figure considering monthly job growth had averaged 586,000 jobs per month so far this year – while the unemployment rate declined to 5.2 percent, according to the jobs report…
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