Bank of America pays $4.2M to settle federal discrimination probe
Bank of America agreed to pay $4.2 million after a federal probe reportedly found evidence of hiring discrimination practices in past years,
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Securing the right employees today is more important than ever. No company wants to hire candidates that turn out not to be a good fit for the company, losing the organization time and money. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the average cost of a bad hire is around 30% percent of the employee’s…
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California law now prohibits employers from implementing dress and appearance policies that discriminate against employees or job applicants based on how they wear their hair.
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You have found the best candidate for the job you’re filling, and your offer is accepted, but sometimes unpredictable things happen. For example: What if you need to rescind an offer of employment? What if a candidate starts before their background check is complete and they don’t meet the requirements of the job when the…
A federal jury in Omaha awarded more than $36 million in an ADA suit that claimed a truck driver was wrongfully denied a job because he is deaf. Victor Robinson applied for a job as a truck driver with Werner Enterprises in 2016. At the time, Robinson had completed truck driving school and obtained his…
Following the initial rise of ChatGPT at the end of 2022, AI has been catapulted into mainstream use, and over the past year, companies in nearly every industry have implemented the technology into their business processes. In fact, new data found that 55% of staffing firms are experimenting with AI. But continuous questions around algorithms’…
Temporary I-9 filing flexibility is finally coming to an end on July 31, 2023. Employers will have until August 30 to conduct in-person inspections of any documents that were remotely inspected during the flexibility period. Since March 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and…
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