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Fair Chance Hiring Practices

Sterling Check

Today’s job market and social climate demands that HR professionals consider overall diversity and inclusion policies to ensure they are playing a positive role in addressing and eliminating systemic racism. The concerns around discrimination and links to criminal history are not new. EEOC Guidance. What Exactly are Fair Chance Laws?

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Fair Chance Hiring and Criminal Background Checks

Sterling Check

Corporate America, and indeed companies around the globe, are increasingly evaluating their hiring practices and overall diversity and inclusion policies to ensure they are playing a positive role in addressing and eliminating systemic racism. The concerns around discrimination and links to criminal history are not new.

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OFCCP Quietly Resolves Hiring Discrimination Claims Against Total Minorities

Berkshire Associates

In February 2017, Office of Federal Contract Compliance (OFCCP) entered into a conciliation agreement with Oil States Skagit SMATCO, LLC to settle allegations of discrimination against minority applicants for mechanic positions at the offshore equipment and service provider’s Houma, LA location.

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Lori Brown Rejoins Littler; ComplianceHR Names Kimball Norup CEO

ComplianceHR

“Lori’s extensive management and leadership experience, both at CHR and Littler, will be invaluable to the Miami office, as well as the firm overall,” said Erin Webber, Littler’s President and Managing Director. He brings two decades of senior executive experience with software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications and in human capital management.

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Stop Spying on Social Media

HRExecutive

According to a 2011 court case, NLRB v. Pier Sixty, LLC, Hernan Perez, a server at New York-based event venue Pier Sixty, vented his frustrations with his manager in an expletive-laden Facebook post he published during a scheduled break. At face value, this may seem like a cut-and-dry case—but it wasn’t. Advertisement.

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Marijuana Legislation HR Leaders Need to Know About

Cisive

The House has postponed the vote, however, it is important to understand how this Act could impact hiring and workplace regulations. Current policy and pending legislation create challenges for any employer that conducts drug testing as part of its new-hire process or a periodic condition of employment.

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5 Tips for Recruiting Diversity in Engineering

Ongig

According to Wired , people of color in tech (Black, Latine, and Indigenous professionals) make up less than 5% of the workforce at major tech companies. They may face discrimination not just because they’re in a gender minority, but also a racial minority. Another idea is to set company-wide goals for hiring diversity in engineering.