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Next in CalChamber’s Lineup of Webinars: Criminal Background Checks

HRWatchdog

Find the balance between properly screening job applicants and following legal protections that could trigger litigation. While it’s not a crime for California employers to conduct background checks, strict rules govern when and how employers can check an applicant’s criminal background.

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Warning to Employers: [Get Your Background Checks In Order]

Crimcheck | Pre-Employment & Background Check Information

Employers have always lived under the threat of litigation when using background checks for screening applicants. What is new is that, over the last few years, a particular aspect of using background checks has become a leading source of class action lawsuits. This is nothing new. Liability Waivers.

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FEHC Proposes Baby Bonding Leave, Criminal Background Check Regulations

HRWatchdog

The draft regulations integrate NPLA — which requires employers with 20 or more employees to provide eligible employees with up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave to bond with a new child — into the existing California Family Rights Act (CFRA). Regulating Criminal History Checks. Department of Fair Employment and Housing.

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New Ban-the-Box Ordinance Affects Background Checks in Los Angeles

HRWatchdog

The City of Los Angeles has passed the “Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring (Ban the Box)” , a new ordinance that limits the use of criminal history information by Los Angeles employers and also imposes a new poster requirement. The ordinance will become effective on January 22, 2017 (31 days after the ordinance was published).

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Should I Ask This on the Employment Application?

ExactHire

Useful Employment Application Guidelines Whether the positions an organization is seeking to fill are temporary or permanent, it is important for Human Resources representatives to reflect on the content included in their organization’s employment application(s) to determine if the content is within the scope of fair hiring practices.

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What to Expect for HR Compliance in 2018

ClearCompany HRM

To help you navigate, we’ve compiled a quick list of HR compliance subjects your department should be aware of as we head into 2018: Overview of 2017 Rulings Taking Effect in 2018. 2017 brought quite a few rulings HR managers across the country will be dealing with in 2018. You can check your current state minimum wage rates here.

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Want to Fill More Open Jobs? Workers with Criminal Records Say ‘Ban the Box’

Zenefits

We just need to wait to get the background check back and you can get started,” the woman said. Don’t check either box, the instructor said; instead, write down that you’ll discuss it during the interview. But formerly incarcerated applicants argue that if they do check “yes,” they don’t have a chance. And then they did.