Effective July 1, 2017, new regulations from the California Fair Employment and Housing Council will further limit an employer’s ability to consider the criminal history of a job applicant or employee when making employment...more
6/19/2017
/ Adverse Employment Action ,
Background Checks ,
Ban the Box ,
Conditional Job Offers ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Criminal Records ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
Marijuana
The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled on a matter involving “perceived affiliation”, bringing clarity to the matter, where the circuits provided discordant rulings. As a result, personnel actions based upon even mistaken...more
10/31/2016
/ Adverse Employment Action ,
Demotions ,
First Amendment ,
Free Speech ,
Freedom of Association ,
Heffernan v City of Paterson ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Mistake of Fact ,
Political Campaigns ,
Political Expression ,
Public Employees ,
Retaliation ,
SCOTUS ,
Summary Judgment
In a partial victory for employers, the California Supreme Court ruled in Harris v. City of Santa Monica that even when an employee proves that a discriminatory motive was a “substantial factor” in an adverse employment...more