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Robins Kaplan LLP on 9/19/2018

China is answering the White House’s latest tariff announcement with another $60 billion in levies on US goods of its own....more

Consent Decree Sheds Light on the EEOC’s Interpretation of its Background Check Guidance

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 11/4/2015

On September 8, 2015, BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) entered into a consent decree ending the EEOC’s disparate impact lawsuit over BMW’s use of criminal background...more

EEOC Criminal Background Check Cases Come With Big Price Tags for All Parties

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 10/6/2015

One of the EEOC's top priorities has been ensuring individuals are not discriminated against based on their criminal histories. In recent years, it has filed multiple headline-grabbing lawsuits related to background checks...more

EEOC Settles Background Check Litigation with BMW, But Also Faces Steep Attorneys’ Fees in Freeman Case

Littler on 9/23/2015

After several high-profile setbacks in disparate impact discrimination lawsuits challenging criminal record screening policies, the EEOC has entered into a settlement (consent decree) in one of its few remaining cases, a...more

The Background Check Conundrum: “Manufacturing” a Problem (Pun Intended)

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog on 9/22/2015

I am a longtime advocate of pre-employment criminal background checks. So I have watched with resigned acceptance as the EEOC, over 100 states and cities across the United States, and other public advocates have fought to...more

That is SO last week - September 2015 #2

Zelle LLP on 9/15/2015

Last week, Ellen Pao withdrew the appeal in her sex discrimination lawsuit against Kleiner Perkins. The Pao v. Kleiner Perkins trial captivated Silicon Valley as it sought to spotlight all-male company ski trips and double...more

EEOC Settles Background Check Suit with BMW, Leaves Employers Still Without Guidance

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP on 9/11/2015

Earlier this week, it was announced that BMW Manufacturing Co. and the EEOC had entered into a Consent Decree, resolving one of three high profile suits over a company's use of background checks in the hire process that had...more

BMW Signs Consent Decree – Background Screening

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on 9/9/2015

BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC (“BMW”) entered into a consent decree with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) regarding allegations that they discriminated against African American logistics employees through...more

BMW to Pay $1.6 Million and Offer Jobs to Settle Federal Race Discrimination Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 9/9/2015

Company's Criminal Background Policy Disproportionately Affected African-American Logistics Workers, EEOC Charged - GREENVILLE, S.C. - The U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina today entered a consent...more

State Attorney Generals Challenge EEOC Criminal Background Check Lawsuits

BakerHostetler on 7/29/2013

As we reported in our July 15, 2013 blog post, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently filed class action lawsuits against Dollar General and BMW challenging those employers’ use of criminal background...more

EEOC FIles Two Race-Based Class Action Lawsuits on Criminal Background Checks

BakerHostetler on 7/16/2013

On June 11, 2013, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed separate class action lawsuits against two employers – Dollar General Stores and BMW – alleging that these employers engaged in racial discrimination...more

Employment Law Update: Background Becomes Battleground

Maynard Nexsen on 6/18/2013

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) recently filed federal lawsuits against Dollar General and a BMW manufacturing plant in South Carolina based on the EEOC’s revised guidance concerning use of...more

EEOC Files Suit Against Two Employers for Use of Criminal Background Checks

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 6/11/2013

BMW Fired and Denied Hire to Class of Employees Who Worked Successfully for Years; Dollar General Disproportionately Excluded African Americans From Hire - WASHINGTON - A BMW manufacturing facility in South Carolina,...more

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