by Chelsy Shedden | Aug 30, 2018 | Laws
Written by: Thomas Ahearn In October 2017, California Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 384 (SB 384) – also known as the “Sex Offender Registration Act” – which will dramatically change how the state manages the California Sex Offender Registry when the law...
by Chelsy Shedden | Aug 24, 2018 | Background Checks, Hiring, Laws
Written By: Michael Klazema Social media background checks are slowly becoming the norm. According to CareerBuilder, 70 percent of employers use social media in some way to vet their employees. In most cases, these checks are innocent — or at least...
by Chelsy Shedden | Aug 15, 2018 | Hiring, Laws
Written by Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC As we discussed in our Mind the Gap webinar, many states and municipalities have enacted laws that prohibit employers from using previous pay to justify unequal pay between men and women or between members of different...
by Chelsy Shedden | Aug 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
Particularly for multi-state employers, the patchwork of disparate laws has become daunting from a compliance standpoint. Written by Jennifer Carsen, HR Dive On July 15, 1998, Hawaii became the first state to adopt a fair-chance law applicable to both private and...
by Chelsy Shedden | Aug 2, 2018 | Background Checks, Laws, Reporting
Written By Fisher Phillips, JD Supra Most companies perform background checks on employees at the outset as part of the application / new hire process. A number of background check companies are now offering “continuous screening” or re-screening services as a risk...
