Tag Archives: employment law

Update: California Salary and Conviction History Use

As we come into the new year, we want to keep you up to date with the most recent compliance and regulation news. As you may know, California has passed two Assembly Bills that pertain to background checks that take effect on January Read More »

The Importance of Pre-Adverse and Adverse Action Notification

Another company has been hit with a class action lawsuit recently because of alleged improper use of information that was found in a consumer report. This time, restaurant chain Dave and Buster’s has been accused of not properly alerting consumers of inaccurate or Read More »

Ban the Box – One Year Later in Washington DC

As more cities and states join the movement to remove the box requiring people to disclose if they have any criminal convictions on their job application, Washington D.C. has hit the milestone of one year of the law “banning the box” being in Read More »

San Francisco to Tighten Restrictions on the Use of Criminal History Information

Excerpted from mondaq.com, by Aubry R. Holland, Renee B. Phillips and Julie A. Totten The use of criminal background checks when hiring employees has become even more limited in San Francisco. On August 13, 2014, the recently passed Fair Chance Ordinance (Ordinance) becomes operative Read More »