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News & Analysis as of May 23, 2013

Veterans' Issues and How They May Impact Your Practice

When Hiring or Promoting, Use Caution Asking About Criminal Backgrounds

by Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell &... on 2/18/2013

The Department of Labor (DOL) Office of Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has issued a new directive advising federal contractors and subcontractors about potential liability that could result from using employees’...more

OFCCP Issues Enforcement Guidance on Contractors' Use of Arrest and Conviction Records

by Martha J. Zackin | Mintz Levin - Employment, Labor & Benefits on 2/7/2013

On January 29, 2013, the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs issued a Directive. pertaining to federal contractors’ use of arrest and conviction records in making employment decisions. This...more

OFCCP Announces 2013 Agenda

by Carolyn Doppelt Gray, Lawrence Lorber, Katharine Parker, Leslie Silverman, Joshua Stein, Allan Weitzman | Proskauer Rose LLP on 1/24/2013

On December 21, 2012, the Office of Federal Contracts Compliance Programs ("OFCCP") published its 2013 regulatory goals in the Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions ("Unified Agenda"), as required by Executive...more

Minnesota Approves Preferential Hiring of Veterans

by Dorraine Larison | Gray Plant Mooty on 1/23/2013

Here at The Modern Workplace, we have often cautioned employers to be very careful when hiring to avoid claims of discrimination. In particular, we have cautioned employers about using an employee’s class (such as gender,...more

Wal-Mart Rolls Out Hiring Plan To Aid Vets

by David B. Weisenfeld | XpertHR - Partnered with LexisNexis on 1/18/2013

Wal-Mart has announced a plan to hire 100,000 veterans over the next five years. Under the program, the nation's largest retailer pledges to offer a job to any honorably discharged veteran within his or her first 12 months...more

Is Firing an Employee the Same as Reemploying Him?

by Brooke Colaizzi | Sherman & Howard L.L.C. on 1/4/2013

The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) requires an employer to return a military veteran-employee to the "position of employment" he or she would have been in had the employee not left to...more

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