EEOC Releases Enforcement and Litigation Data for Fiscal Year 2013

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) – the agency that enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination – has released comprehensive enforcement and litigation statistics for fiscal year 2013 that show the EEOC obtained the highest monetary recovery in agency history, $372.1 million, an increase of $6.7 million. The enforcement and litigation statistics for fiscal…

Updated EEOC Guidance on Use of Criminal Records by Employers Becoming Core Concern for Human Resources

The updated Guidance on the use of criminal records in hiring decisions issued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on April 25, 2012 carries the potential to impact the hiring processes of every employer and Human Resources professional in the United States in 2014 and beyond. Although not a law or legally enforceable…

Study Finds Social Media Background Screening by Employers May Discriminate against Job Seekers

The study ‘An Experiment in Hiring Discrimination via Online Social Networks’ by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) has found that sharing too much personal information on social networks may lead to hiring discrimination by employers using social media to screen job seekers, according to a story available at http://www.cmu.edu/homepage/computing/2013/fall/too-much-information.shtml.

Background Check Expert Lester Rosen Discusses Proper Use of Criminal Records When Hiring in Webinar November 6

To help employers comply with U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) guidance, Attorney Lester Rosen, Founder and CEO of Employment Screening Resources® (ESR), will discuss ‘Proper Use of Criminal Records When Hiring – Best Practices for Complying with the EEOC’s New Enforcement Guidelines’ in a webinar sponsored by Avant Resources on Wednesday, November 6, 2013…