-Article written by attorneys at Seyfarth Shaw LLP- The City of Newark, New Jersey recently passed an ordinance that will significantly impact employers’ and other entities’ ability to conduct criminal background checks or even ask about a candidate’s criminal background. The ordinance limits both when and the extent to which employers may ask about or…
The EEOC Criminal History Guidance just passed by a 4-1 vote. Mega Group Online will update you as more information regarding this guidance becomes available.
Apply for a job and there’s a good chance that potential employer will do a background check on you. Most U.S. employers (about 70 percent) conduct criminal background checks for all potential employees. According to a new report from the National Consumer Law Center, the information provided by background screening companies is often wrong in…
A proposal to expand California’s “ban the box†policy was introduced on February 24th by California Assemblymember Roger Dickinson. AB 1831 is modeled on the “ban the box†hiring process for state and public employees adopted in 2010.  AB 1831 aims at removing the criminal background check requirements from the initial hiring process for city…
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