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Mitratech Holdings, Inc

From Chaos to Order: How an Applicant Tracking System Simplifies Hiring for Busy HR Teams

Picture this: your HR team is overwhelmed with stacks of resumes, emails from eager candidates, and never-ending games of phone tag. Sound familiar? Don’t worry – you’re not alone. ...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

3 Ways to Leverage Background Check Technology to Improve Your Hiring Process

How hiring managers save time and headaches with technologies that smooth out and speed up background checks. For hiring managers, a background check – or the screening of an applicant’s job history, vehicle records,...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Department of Fair Employment and Housing Ramps Up Enforcement of California’s “Ban-the-Box” Law

The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (“DFEH”) recently announced a new effort to identify and correct violations of the Fair Chance Act. The Fair Chance Act, which was enacted in January 2018 and is...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

LGBTQ Employees Can Sue for Termination – What Other Employment Policies Do You Now Need to Review?

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A few weeks ago, we told you the story of Hannah and Bob, and the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark holding that under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, it is impossible to discriminate against a person for being gay,...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

NJ Supreme Court to Rule on SOL Waiver

Last week, the New Jersey Supreme Court agreed to address whether to uphold a provision in a job application that limited the time in which an employee could sue the company to no more than 6 months after an alleged adverse...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

New Jersey Court Okays Provision in Job Application Reducing Statute of Limitations

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In Rodriguez v. Raymours Furniture Co., Inc., No. A-4329-12T3, 2014 WL 2765273 (App. Div. June 19, 2014), New Jersey's Appellate Division upheld a provision in a job application that limited the time in which an employee...more

Fisher Phillips

Labor Letter, June 2013: Becoming A Resume Lie Detector

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Society of Human Resource Management studies show that 53% of job applicants lie on their resumes. Other research has placed the number at between 30% and 50%, with one 2011 study saying that 80% of resumes are – at a minimum...more

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Proposed New York City Law Would Be First in Nation to Provide a Private Right of Action for Discrimination Against the Unemployed

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The New York City Council recently passed a proposed law (Bill 814-A) that would prohibit employers in the city from discriminating against unemployed individuals. Although Mayor Bloomberg has promised to veto the bill, the...more

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