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Employment Screening Policies Adapt to Meet Changing Marijuana Laws

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While marijuana use remains federally prohibited, many employers are revisiting background screening requirements as they adapt their policies to accommodate the changing legal landscape. It’s also important to note that exceptions exist with decriminalized marijuana use, even in locations where pre-hire drug screening is prohibited.

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5 Examples of Racial Bias in Hiring

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They include racial bias in job descriptions, candidate screening, interviewing, job offers, and background checks. Racial Bias in Candidate Screening. The 2004 field experiment on labor market discrimination answers the question, “Are Emily and Greg More Employable Than Lakisha and Jamal?” Let’s have a look!

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Pay Equity Legislation Changes You Need to Be on Top Of

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The idea behind the amendment: to ensure that employers don’t discriminate between employees when they’re being promoted or moving into another job based on gender or other protected status for any form of compensation including bonuses, profit sharing, stock options, or benefits.

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Fair Chance Hiring Practices

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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. In 2012, the U.S. EEOC Guidance.

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Fair Chance Hiring and Criminal Background Checks

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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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Second Chance Hiring: Building Blocks to Get You Started

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Construct a background screening package specifically around second chance hires. Ensure you have the technology in place to support all federal, state, and local laws and continuous screening. Reach out to community organizations that work to repatriate individuals back into society and consider partnering with them.

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Pre-employment testing: pros and cons

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Unstructured interviews , resume screenings and pre-interview calls are ineffective predictors of job performance. Other assessment methods like screening calls and unstructured interviews can be unfair. But cognitive ability and knowledge tests can disproportionately screen out non-white candidates. Tests invite lies.