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Fox News Botches Civil Rights Law To Defend Discriminatory Background Checks

Fox News analyst Bernie Goldberg railed against long-standing employment discrimination law, mangling a civil rights doctrine to incorrectly claim the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is seeking to prevent companies from...Show More Summary

Research: Your Firm Probably Isn't an Equal Opportunity Employer

Only 1 in 6 companies hold their managers accountable for the progress of women or minorities.

‘Disparate impact’ doctrine troubling property owners, mortgage lenders

Two federal lawsuits brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission last week spotlights an issue that is getting increasing attention from home mortgage lenders, rental property owners, local governments, and now the U.S. Supreme Court: “disparate impact.” Disparate impact is...

EEOC Mad About BMW and Dollar General's Background Checks

Well, they warned you. And we told you so, too. Last year, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued guidelines for how they believed employers should approach the use of criminal background checks in employment decisions. They gist of the policy was that the background checks should only be used when......

BMW Sued by Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for Discrimination

BMW is contending with the EEOC regarding whether or not its hiring practices were fair.

EEOC Opposes Criminal-Background Checks

That's for employers, mind you, not gun owners. But the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's objection to companies using criminal-background checks has drawn some attention this week, including a front-page, above-the-fold story by the Washington Post. Show More Summary

Background Checks Fuel Race Complaints

In complaints filed in federal courts in Illinois and South Carolina, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said two companies -- discount retailer Dollar General and a U.S. unit of German auto maker BMW AG -- generally barred potential employees based on the criminal checks, when they should have reviewed each applicant. Show More Summary

Report: BMW slapped with discrimination suit by EEOC

According to a report from CNNMoney, BMW has been hit with a lawsuit from the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission after revised criminal background check policies resulted in the dismissal of 88 contractors, 70 of whom (that's about 80 percent) were black. Show More Summary

Two Companies Charged With Racial Discrimination In Hiring Practices

Joseph Diebold is an intern at ThinkProgress. The U.S. Equal Employment and Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed complaints Tuesday alleging two major employers used improper criminal background checks in hiring, thus discriminating against black job applicants. Show More Summary

BMW and Dollar General Accused of Discrimination

In a complaint filed Tuesday, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accused two major US companies – BMW and Dollar General – of indirectly discriminating against African-American employees and potential employees. How? By using criminal background checks to screen out workers in a way that violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Show More Summary

Do Criminal Background Checks Hurt More Than They Help?

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing two companies— BMW and Dollar General— alleging that their use of criminal background checks for employees violated the Civil Rights Act. Are criminal background checks, honestly, worth a shit? Read more...

Race Matters: BMW And Dollar General Accused Of Discriminatory Hiring Practices Against Blacks In EEOC Lawsuits

In this economy just how fair are criminal background checks? The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission doesn’t think they’re fair since a disproportionate amount of qualified blacks are losing out on jobs. Via WaPo reports: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

US Sues BMW, Says Criminal Checks Were Discriminating

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit against BMW for using criminal background checks to screen out employees—a practice, it says, which put 70 black employees out of a job, the Washington Post reports. The background, as per an EEOC press release : A BMW plant in South...

Equal Pay Act Turns 50 Today

Fifty years ago today, the Equal Pay Act was signed into law, an anniversary marked by the White House and U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission with vows to close the gender gap in salaries. "Our journey to equality is not.....

Denver janitors: it’s discriminatory not to communicate with us in Spanish

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“A group of Spanish-speaking custodial workers in Colorado have filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging that the Auraria Higher Education Center in Denver discriminated against them by failing to provide...Show More Summary

Obama Nominates Lesbian Attorney for Second EEOC Term

Chai Feldblum is the first out LGBT person to serve on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. read more

What the New EEOC Guidance Means for You

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) recent guidance on background checks suggests that employers need to exercise more due diligence in their hiring practices. Its guidance on background check practices underscores the importance of five key practices in the hiring process. 1. Show More Summary

How to Prevent a Retaliation Claim

Over the past several years, charges of retaliation filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) have significantly increased, making retaliation a major legal risk that employers face. Here are several ways that employers...Show More Summary

Forcing your employees to do dumb Scientology exercises creates a "hostile work environment"

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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit against Dr. Dennis Nobbe's Dynamic Medical Services, Inc, where employees were made to engage in bizarre Scientology rituals as a condition of employment. The EEOC says that this violated employees' freedom of religion, and they're suing Dr Nobbe to prove it. This is the downside [...]

Back in Town

I apologize for the light posting today. I was in Flagstaff teaching Equal Employment Opportunity to a very bright bunch of people. It was a little rough to leave the cool breezes of the north country for the desert but the scenery between Phoenix and Flagstaff is some of the prettiest in Arizona.Time well spent.

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