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Background Screening FAQs: Unveiling the Mysteries of Pre-Employment Checks

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Are you hiring the right candidates? Or are you hiring candidates that put your organization at risk, bounce around, and can’t do what they say they do? Background screening is your defense system when trying to make quality...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

18 Seasonal Hiring Tips For Employers

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Are you gearing up for the seasonal rush and looking to strengthen your workforce with summer hires? Seasonal hiring can be a game-changer for businesses, ensuring they have extra hands to meet customer demand during peak...more

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Iowa 2021 Legislative Report - Week 10

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With two weeks until the second funnel, week 10 was dominated by extended floor debates on big-ticket Republican priorities. ..Rental Vouchers (SF252) prohibits local ordinances that require landlords to accept federal...more

Proskauer - California Employment Law

Social Media Mania — Be Careful Out There!

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Employers are increasingly turning to social networking sites to find additional information about candidates. In fact, recent articles suggest that an applicant’s failure to have a social media presence is viewed by many...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

The Pros and Cons of Social Media in Job Screenings

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It is not surprising that a recent survey released by the Society for Human Resource Management revealed that a growing number of employers are using social media both to hire and to disqualify job candidates. Social media...more

Zelle LLP

Checking In on Background Checks

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Background checks are a valuable (and often essential) part of the hiring process. They help employers find good employees and avoid risky hires. Failure to check applicants’ backgrounds can amount to negligence and may...more

FordHarrison

Ariana Grande’s online antics result in job loss at the White House

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Newly leaked e-mails reveal that pop sensation Ariana Grande lost a gig performing at the White House based on a video circulated online last year. The surveillance footage taken at a California doughnut shop showed Grande...more

Zelle LLP

Social Media-Based Screening and FCRA

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By now, most employers are familiar with the requirements of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and understand how it impacts background checks and applicant screening. In short, FCRA says that if an employer uses a third...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

[Event] Sheppard Mullin's Labor & Employment Year In Review - Nov. 19th, New York, NY

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Please join our experienced attorneys for an informative and lively discussion on a variety of timely topics, including: Where We've Been and Where We're Going: Key legislative developments and leading court...more

Fenwick & West LLP

eWorkplace Policies Restricting Employees’ Acceptable Use of Technology, Social Media & The Cloud

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I. OVERVIEW – THE MODERN LANDSCAPE - A. Physical Conduct PLUS Digital Activity - Traditional concerns for employers have included: conduct leading to liability to third-parties; “frolic and detour” or other...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Employers Burdened By More New Laws

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The Oregon Legislature enacted several laws in 2015 that will significantly affect your workplace. The following laws go into effect Jan. 1, 2016: Paid Sick Leave - As expected, Oregon has enacted a mandatory paid sick leave...more

Allen Matkins

Magistrate Judge Rules LinkedIn’s “Reference Search” Does Not Violate Fair Credit Reporting Act

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As we discussed in a previous post, a class action lawsuit (Sweet, et al. v. LinkedIn) was filed last year against LinkedIn in California based on allegations that the reference reports LinkedIn generates for premium...more

Lewitt Hackman

Claims Dismissed: Social Media Site's Reference Search Not a Background Check

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Good news for employers using social media to vet job applicants: A Federal District Court recently ruled the technology used in LinkedIn's Reference Search does not constitute a “consumer background check” of employees and...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Best Practices in Social Media for Employers

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As the use and reach of social media continues to increase and evolve, employers should be aware of the latest risks and issues to consider during the recruiting and hiring process. The results of an August 2014...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

15 For ’15: Employment And Labor Resolutions For The New Year

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While the year is still young, here are 15 New Year’s resolutions that employers may want to make: 1. Make sure your “independent contractors” are really independent contractors. ”Independent contractors” are under...more

Troutman Pepper

Inside or Outside? How to Best Perform Your Company’s Social Media Background Check

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No employer wants its employee’s bad behavior at work to become the next viral video. So it is not surprising that more employers have started using social media in the hiring process to screen out candidates who post...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

The Risks of Pre-employment Social Media Screening

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An increasing number of states have recently passed laws that prohibit employers from obtaining passwords to a job applicant’s social media accounts. Such legislation highlights companies’ interest in finding out as much as...more

JD Supra Perspectives

When Tech Innovation Outpaces the Law, A Minefield Of Workplace Issues in Social Media

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Part of JD Supra's series on innovation and the law. The NLRB has famously struck down employers’ social media policies based on a law that was adopted during the New Deal and has not been amended since....more

Cozen O'Connor

Labor And Employment Observer - 2013/2014

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In This Issue: Message from the Chair; Social Media and the Workplace: 2013 and Beyond; Unpaid Internships: Training Ground or Legal Landmine?; Supreme Court’s Nassar Decision Sets Higher Causation Standard for a...more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

2013 Labor And Employment Law Checklist

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Each year, LP’s Labor & Employment Practice Group is pleased to provide a short checklist of steps that all companies should consider taking in order to measure their readiness for the coming year. We hope that you find this...more

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