Compliance and Legal

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What You Do Not Know Can Hurt You:

Conchita Franco Serri, Ed.M., J.D.,

How to stay out of trouble with federal agencies!

Did you know that last year (2007) the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) clarified the prohibition of discrimination in the areas of recruiting, hiring and promotion? You may say, so what? How does it affect how I go about my business of recruitment? And so, what if I do not care to follow the guidance?

Unnecessary Credit Checks and the EEOC

karen mattonen

"'The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission" - EEOC has been urging companies to take caution in regards to utilizing credit checks in their employment screening decisions. Credit Checks have a potential for discrimination Under Title VII, unless of course there is a legitimate business necessity..

Employers Using Facebook for Background Checking: Is It Legal?

George Lenard

By George Lenard, the originator of George’s Employment Blawg

There has recently been considerable attention in the media to instances of employers rejecting candidates or firing employees based on information obtained from social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook..