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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has a New I-9 Form. Is Your Business I-9 Compliant?

Jordan Dunham

11/02/2023

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) issued a new I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification Form on August 1, 2023. Effective November 1, 2023, businesses should now be using this new simplified form for all new and re-hire employees. Instructions for the form can also be found on USCIS’s website. With this new form, we are providing a refresher on what businesses must do in order to remain compliant. What Is An I-9...

Mathew Moldawer

08/30/2023

Employment Discrimination, Hiring Process, Immigration, National Origin

SpaceX, Elon Musk’s venture that designs, manufactures, and launches rockets and spacecraft, faces a lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice alleging discriminatory hiring practices against refugees and asylees. The complaint alleges SpaceX, under the guise of export laws and regulations including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR), used discriminatory hiring practices in...

Vincent Jackson

05/23/2023

Artificial Intelligence, EEOC, Hiring Process

On May 18, 2023, the EEOC released a technical assistance document, “Assessing Adverse Impact in Software, Algorithms, and Artificial Intelligence Used in Employment Selection Procedures Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.” This document offers advice on the use of algorithmic decision-making tools that employers are more often using for recruitment, promotion and firing. The document also attempts to distinguish between...

Kollman & Saucier

04/18/2023

Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), Hiring Process

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) updated its Final Rule on the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) Summary of Consumer Rights and it includes various changes and corrections that are largely non-substantive (contact information corrections; deleting the term "Federal Land Banks"). Employers and consumer reporting agencies are required to provide the Summary to employees and applicants per the FCRA. Employers must do so with every...

Jordan Dunham

01/26/2022

Hiring Process, Restrictive Covenants

“The great resignation,” the current term used to describe the mobility of employees in the COVID-era workforce, is in full effect. Employment is extremely competitive at the moment, and it seems employees are feeling more comfortable changing employers. This can, of course, leave employers in dire circumstances when a group of employees all decide to quit at the same time. Employers are increasingly turning to alternative methods to...

Frank Kollman

10/22/2019

Agency Activity, Hiring Process

The U.S. Department of Labor has entered into a conciliation agreement with Wells Fargo & Co. to settle allegations that it discriminated in hiring on the basis of sex and race. The Office of Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) found that Wells Fargo (a federal contractor) had discriminated against 2,066 female applicants for positions as online customer service representatives in Glen Allen, Virginia, and Salt Lake City, Utah, and 282...

Kollman & Saucier

04/06/2018

Class Actions, Employment Discrimination, Hiring Process, Race Discrimination

Target has quite the bill to pay. As a result of alleged discriminatory hiring practices, premised upon Target's use of criminal background screening in a manner that had a disproportionate impact on minorities, Target Corp. will pay $3.74 million, and give priority hiring opportunities to black and Latino job applicants, to resolve claims that its criminal background check policy illegally excluded thousands of minority applicants from employment...

Kollman & Saucier

01/08/2015

Hiring Process, Legislative Developments, State Law

Montgomery and Prince George's Counties join Baltimore City (and the District of Columbia) to now limit an employer's ability to inquire about an applicant's criminal history. This trend continues to grow, and very likely, will become Maryland state law sooner than later. Montgomery County Ordinance Effective January 1, 2015, most private employers with 15 or more full-time employees and that do business in Montgomery County may not inquire about...

Kollman & Saucier

08/04/2014

Employment Discrimination, Hiring Process, Legislative Developments

Following in the footsteps of Baltimore and a number of other states and localities, the District of Columbia City Council recently approved a “ban the box” bill that prohibits employers from asking about a job applicant’s criminal history until after making a conditional job offer. In a D.C.-specific wrinkle, the bill, known as the Fair Criminal Record Screening Act of 2014 (“the Act”), must first be approved both by Mayor Vincent Gray...

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has a New I-9 Form. Is Your Business I-9 Compliant?

Discrimination Accusations by DOJ Rocket SpaceX to Spotlight…Yet again

EEOC Releases Advice on Artificial Intelligence and Title VII

FCRA Compliance: Summary of Consumer Rights Is Updated

An Employer Cannot Sue its Competitor in Order to Retain Staff

Wells Fargo Learns That Hiring Matters Too

Target Finally Moving Out Of The Cross-Hairs Of Criminal History Hiring Discrimination Lawsuit

"Ban The Box" Continues To Catch On In Maryland

D.C. Is The Latest Jurisdiction To "Ban The Box"

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