Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn On September 13, 2022, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit against a national staffing agency and a commercial laundry facility that serves the hospitality industry in Southern California for discriminatory denial of employment based on race, national origin, and sex, the EEOC announced. The…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn On September 6, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) addressing the standard for determining joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) that would rescind and replace the joint-employer rule that took effect on April 27, 2020. Under the…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn This blog is the second of a two-part series. Click here for Part One. Attorney Lester Rosen, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of leading global background check firm Employment Screening Resources® (ESR), answered some frequently asked questions from staffing professionals following a webinar he presented sponsored…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn This blog is the first of a two-part series. Click here for Part Two. Attorney Lester Rosen, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of leading global background check firm Employment Screening Resources® (ESR), answered some frequently asked questions (FAQs) from staffing professionals following a webinar he presented…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Attorney Lester Rosen, the founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Employment Screening Resources® (ESR), will present a live webinar titled “An In-Depth Conversation on Background Check Compliance” on Thursday, January 30, 2020, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time for the American Staffing Association (ASA),…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Attorney Lester Rosen, the founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of leading global background check company Employment Screening Resources® (ESR), will present a live webinar entitled “Understanding Background Checks for Staffing Firms: Don’t Take Unnecessary Hiring Risks” on Tuesday, July 30, 2019, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn A temporary staffing agency will pay $435,000 to settle a race and national origin discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) that claimed the company illegally granted placement preferences to Hispanic Temps over African American Temps, the EEOC has announced.
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn A staffing company has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit that claims the firm allegedly violated the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) when obtaining background checks on job applicants, according to a TopClassActions.com report.
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn A judge in Washington state has denied a motion of summary judgement filed by Amazon.com and a staffing company in a class action lawsuit claiming the online retail giant violated the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), according to a TopClassActions.com report.
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The dangers of lawsuits against employers for the actions of their staffing vendors may have increased with the August 27, 2015 decision by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in a case where the definition of a “joint” employer was expanded by holding that the ability…
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