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HR Bloggy Goodness
For some post-candy, pre-turkey goodness, we’ve got a lot of interesting — let’s even say, colorful, since we still have some beautiful fall foliage here in the East — blog posts for you to read from...
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High-School Diploma Requirement May Violate ADA
Wow! The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has added yet another wrinkle to the hiring process and has taken us that much further away from “the way it used to be.” In this informal letter,...
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Real Change or No Change At All?
Starting tomorrow in Philadelphia, which is just a short drive from our office here in Horhsam, most employers will be barred from asking job candidates about their criminal history . . . but only...
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Discussion, But No Consensus from Summit Panelists
Panelists at the 3rd Annual Cornell University Executive Summit took up the issues of “changing demographics” and “social media and HR” — the two topics selected from a list of 12 by attendees at the...
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Concern Mounts over Expected EEOC Guidances
With the timing of their actual issuance still hanging in the balance, two widely anticipated background-check guidance documents from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission are fanning some...
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All Eyes on EEOC’s Enforcement Guidance
To mix a couple metaphors, the fallout from today’s updated enforcement guidance from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission — specific to employers’ use of arrest and conviction records in...
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An “Ooops!” from Yahoo
Yet another reminder for HR to not only be diligent in verifying a job candidate’s credentials, but to also be diligent in monitoring any outgoing communications from their company regarding their...
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Making the Sandusky/Screening Connection
With the Jerry Sandusky trial under way in Bellefonte, Pa., this week, it’s been impossible to avoid (even if you wanted to) news reports about testimony and other court proceedings – including...
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New Way of Looking at Risk vs. EEO Compliance
Came across an interesting just-launched website devoted solely to providing employers and their HR teams with, as the site says, “expert, creative, and cost-effective solutions for managing the...
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Mulling (Some Testy) Background-Check Testimony
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is still wading through testimony gathered Friday during its briefing to determine what impact the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s guidance on...
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EEOC Makes Good on Promise
Guess our timing couldn’t have been better. As our June 16 edition was rolling off the presses with its cover story, “Watch Your Step”—a feature exploring the EEOC’s increased focus on...
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Bring Back the Box?
In 2010, the California State Personnel Board mandated that the state’s civil-service job applications would no longer seek information pertaining to criminal backgrounds. Today, the state may be...
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Beware a Fired-Up EEOC Following Legal Setback
Although a case lodged by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against Dallas-based Freeman Cos. was dismissed by a Maryland federal judge back on Aug. 9, this warning last week from a...
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More Restrictions on Criminal-Background Checks
California appears to be the latest state to join the criminal-background-restriction bandwagon. A new law enacted last month amends the California Labor Code to prohibit public and private employers...
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Employers’‘Scariest Issues’ in 2014
I don’t know how frightened you are by all these. I do know you’re aware of each and every one of them. But I thought I’d share them anyway. What intrigued me about this free downloadable list of the...
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EEOC Shares Tips on Background Checks
Some would argue the EEOC’s guidance on the use of criminal background check information offers more confusion than clarification for employers. Critics—including a group of nine state attorney...
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Another EEOC Setback in the Courts
I can’t help but think this latest slap on the wrist of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (as documented by HR Morning) will only embolden the agency. That has been the sentiment after past...
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Considering Criminal Convictions
Delving into job applicants’ criminal records during the hiring process can get dicey. Many employers are legally permitted to pose questions concerning criminal history on job applications. But an...
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Screening in a Peer-to-Peer World
Does background screening have a role to play in shaping the future of peer-to-peer marketplaces? HireRight certainly thinks so. At this week’s HR Tech, the Irvine, Calif., company announced a new...
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2014’s Top 10 Posts
Here at The Leader Board, it was another interesting year covering the HR arena, with issues ranging from the controversy surrounding the HR certification, to lawsuits based on a worker’s commute, to...
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