Tag: EEOC guidelines

Does your company have a background check policy? Do you think it’s necessary? According to a recent article on HRDive.com, Tess Taylor gives us reasons why having a specific policy for background screening is important for your company. First off, company reputation matters. It is important to exhibit that your company treats job applicants fairly. […]

The article below is a good example of a company that even though they have a policy in place that excludes from employing individuals with certain criminal convictions for specified periods they are still facing scrutiny from the EEOC.  I am sure that Dollar was and is trying to do a good job with it’s policies […]

The New EEOC’s Enforcement Guidance; The good and the bad Today, April 25, 2012, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued its Enforcement Guidance on the Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment Decisions Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The update has been years in the making and strives […]