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Criminal Background Checks Strategic Enforcement Plan

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

EEOC Chair Janet Dhillon’s Announcement Of Strategic Priorities: A New Era Of Transparency For The Commission?

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On February 4, 2020, EEOC Chair Janet Dhillon’s released a list of priorities for the Commission in 2020. While the priorities primarily focus on continuing to seek justice for workers raising claims of...more

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The EEOC Continues to Press Litigation Under Title VII Concerning Employer Criminal Records Checks

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In April 2012, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued updated “Enforcement Guidance on the Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment Decisions Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of...more

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Five EEOC Initiatives to Monitor on the Agency’s Silver Anniversary

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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) opened its doors on July 2, 1965, exactly one year after President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII of that act (“Title VII”) prohibits...more

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Retail Industry Update, No. 3, September 2013: EEOC Loses (Again) On Criminal-Background Checks

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Last year, we wrote about the EEOC’s then-new guidance on the use of criminal-background checks in hiring decisions. [“Using Conviction Records As A Screening Tool,” Retail Industry Update, June 2012]. In December 2012, the...more

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J.B. Hunt Agrees to Settle EEOC Race Discrimination Case Regarding Criminal Conviction Records

Transportation Company Agrees to Maintain Revised Policy Consistent With Recent EEOC Policy Guidelines; Some 14,000 Employees Affected Nationwide - LOS ANGELES - J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc., one of the largest...more

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Lean Mean Civil Rights Machine: What to Expect from the EEOC through 2016

In an informative panel for the Ogletree Deakins Washington, D.C. Legislative and Regulatory Conference on February 21, 2013, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Commissioners Chai Feldblum and Victoria Lipnic...more

Snell & Wilmer

EEOC Priorities and Questions to Avoid in the Hiring Process

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On December 17, 2012, the EEOC approved its strategic enforcement plan for 2013-2016. Listed first among its national priorities is eliminating barriers in recruitment and hiring. Specifically, the EEOC stated that it will...more

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Annual Report on EEOC Developments – Fiscal Year 2012

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Over the years, Littler has provided periodic reports on significant cases, regulatory developments and other activities involving the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or “the Commission”). While such guidance is...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

EEOC’s Tough Enforcement Stance Against Criminal Background Checks

Earlier this year, the EEOC issued new Enforcement Guidance warning private sector employers that they could face litigation unless they significantly restrict the use of arrest and conviction records in hiring, promotion,...more

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