State Trend Continues, As Eight Consider Bills to Restrict Employer Use of Credit Reports

A state law trend to restrict the use of individual consumer credit report information for employment purposes emerged last year and has continued in 2011, as bills were introduced to…

EEOC Race Bias Class Suit Against Kaplan Latest Move in Limiting Use of Credit Checks

A recently filed nationwide class action by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, claiming an employer’s practice of checking the credit histories of job applicants and employees is racially discriminatory, is the latest…

Massachusetts Agency Issues Guidance on Law Governing Criminal Records of Job Applicants

BOSTON—National and international employers doing business in Massachusetts must inform job applicants of their rights under a revised criminal records law that took effect in early November, the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination said…

SPECIAL REPORT: Disclaimers in Social Media Policies Could Avoid Labor Law Problems, Attorneys Say

A recent complaint filed by a regional National Labor Relations Board office, which alleged that an employee was unlawfully terminated under an overbroad social networking policy, should encourage companies to take a second look at…

National Labor Relations Board Files Unfair Labor Practice Complaint in Case of Worker Fired for Facebook Posts

An employee was unlawfully terminated after she posted negative comments about a supervisor on Facebook relating to allegedly being denied union representation at an employer investigative interview, according to a…

BNA INSIGHTS: Final Regulations for Employers under Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act Issued by EEOC

On Nov. 9, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued its final regulations implementing the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (“GINA”). These regulations underscore GINA’s broad implications for…

California Governor Vetoes, for Third Time, Bill to Limit Employer Use of Credit Data

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—For the third time in three consecutive years, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Sept. 24 vetoed a bill (A.B. 482 ) that…

BNA INSIGHTS: Quon Case, Technology, and the Legal System: Supreme Court Passes on Sweeping Statement but Raises Key Policy Points

On June 17, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Ontario v. Quon, 560 U.S. ____, 130 S. Ct. 2619 (2010) (9 PVLR 893, 6/21/10),one of the most closely watched employment cases in years. In unanimously holding that a city’s review of an…

California Bill to Limit Employer Use of Credit Data Clears Assembly; Veto Possible

The California Assembly Aug. 31 approved a Senate-amended version of a bill (A.B.482) that would restrict the use of credit reports by employers conducting…

Massachusetts’ Revised Criminal Records Law Changes Rules on Investigation of Job Applicants

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D) Aug. 6 signed into law a bill (S. 2583) that will make it easier for employers to obtain criminal records of job applicants but restrict…

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