A large restaurant chain has been hit with a proposed class action lawsuit  that accuses the restaurant and arcade chain of deliberately disregarding the Fair Credit Reporting Act when it comes to hiring employees. What rule did they allegedly disregard?  Before you take an adverse employment action, you must give the applicant or employee: a […]

The Good News is Uber is screening drivers. The Bad News is that Uber is probably not doing enough. The shooting deaths of six people in Kalamazoo, Michigan – where the alleged gunman supposedly picked up fares while working as an Uber driver during the killing spree – raises questions about personal safety where people […]

Investigate the background of people you are about to bring into your organization. Background investigations will protect your associates, your reputation and the public from harm and injury. Not doing a reasonable background investigation exposes your firm to the tort of negligent hiring. We believe that people will behave for you as they have behaved […]

Companies continue to increase the frequency and depth of using social media web sites to find and screen job applicants. So, job seekers should be aware that information on Facebook and LinkedIn and Twitter, etc. is being viewed by prospective employers to make employment decisions. SHRM recently released its survey  of HR professionals with the […]

We believe that people will behave for you as they have behaved in the past. People usually don’t change. Having said that, we always advise that an employer take into account the individual’s age at time of conviction, the nature of the conviction and its relation to essential duties of the job and the time […]