A company ran a background investigation, including criminal conviction search, on an individual for employment purposes. The individual had a 2003 criminal conviction. The court ordered the 2003 criminal conviction stricken and dismissed the charges. Now let’s fast forward to January 2012 when the individual applied for employment. He received an employment offer contingent on successful […]

EEOC Files Suit Against Two Employers for Use of Criminal Background Checks – http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/6-11-13.cfm BMW Fired and Denied Hire to Class of Employees Who Worked Successfully for Years; Dollar General Disproportionately Excluded African Americans From Hire I am sorry, but you can’t blame the EEOC for bringing action against these employers. And, you can’t assume that […]

Random drug and alcohol testing (RDAT) is one of the most effective methods to protect your company’s assets and reputation. It also deters the possibility of injuries by your employees to third parties in the community. RDAT communicates a very clear message to your workforce and to the community that you will not tolerate employees being under the influence of illegal […]

Quest Diagnostics has issued their Drug Testing Index of over 3.4 million drug tests for the first six months of 2012. There are interesting results in the analysis that impact how you can find illegal drug users.  Why should you care? Well, illegal drug users cost your firm an average of more than $10,000 per […]

Don’t Assume that as an employer you must accommodate employees who smoke Marijuana. You have an absolute right at any time in any state to maintain a safe workplace for employees and to assure that clients and the public are safe from your employees. Employees’ or applicants’ use of marijuana may raise safety concerns and motivate employers to […]