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Employers Face Six-Year Statute of Limitations for Criminal Background Check Claims

On Jan. 12, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey held in Ramos v. WalMart, Inc. that Pennsylvania plaintiffs have up to six years to file claims against employers for improper use of criminal history...more

2/2/2023 / Background Checks , Criminal Background Checks , Criminal Records , Employer Liability Issues , Hiring & Firing , Job Applicants , Wal-Mart

California Enacts New Law Targeting Warehouse Distribution Center Production Quotas

On Sept. 22, 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 701 (AB 701). Effective Jan. 1, 2022, it will become the first state law of its kind to regulate and set parameters around the use of production quotas at...more

9/30/2021 / Employer Liability Issues , Quotas , Rest and Meal Break , State Labor Laws , Warehouses

Texas Expands Employee Sexual Harassment Protections Beyond Federal Title VII

Texas employment laws have historically tracked their federal counterparts and generally favored employers, but starting Sept. 1, 2021, amendments to the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act (“TCHRA”) expanded sexual...more

9/3/2021 / Employer Liability Issues , Employment Policies , Sexual Harassment , Title VII

Hyper-Technical Interpretation: 9th Circuit Increases FCRA Reach

On Jan. 29, 2019, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a strikingly broad decision, raised the bar for employers’ compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). In Gilberg v. California Check Cashing Stores, LLC,...more

2/4/2019 / Background Checks , Class Action , Corporate Counsel , Disclosure Requirements , Employer Liability Issues , Employment Application , Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) , Hiring & Firing , Job Applicants

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