Plan would require background checks for foster parents
Prospective foster parents would have to pass a national fingerprint background check before being allowed to take in at-risk kids under a proposal passed by the House. The plan, adopted as an amendment to the House’s budget proposal late last week, mirrors...
Debate the Need for Background Checks for Volunteers
It ought to go without saying that a volunteer firefighter isn’t going to perpetrate a sex crime or rob a house when he’s supposed to be dousing the flames. Apparently it isn’t that obvious. Last year New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a law requiring background checks...
Victory For Employers Today In Mach Mining v. EEOC
On April 29, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Mach Mining, LLC v. EEOC, No. 13-1019 (U.S. 2015), and concluded, in a unanimous opinion authored by Justice Kagan, that federal courts have the...
Use Of Credit History For Employment in NYC Update
On April 16, 2015, the New York City Council passed the "Stop Credit Discrimination in Employment Act" which would amend the New York City Human Rights Law to prohibit employers from requesting or using an individual's consumer credit history in making hiring and...
Marijuana In The Workplace
Here is a recap of a great session at the 2015 NAPBS Legislative and Regulatory Conference in DC this month. This entertaining and scientific discussion dealt with issues employers need to consider in dealing with medical and legal marijuana in the workplace. Art...