by Girish Anand | Apr 24, 2012 | State Labor Law
While Congress and other states debate the issue, Maryland has become the first government to make it illegal for employers to ask job applicants and employees for access to their social media accounts, or to retaliate for their refusing to do so. The law takes effect...
by Girish Anand | Apr 23, 2012 | EEOC
Resources for Human Development, Inc. (RHD), doing business as Family House of Louisiana, a treatment facility for chemically dependent women and their children, will pay $125,000 to settle a disability discrimination suit filed in September 2010 by the U.S. Equal...
by Girish Anand | Apr 20, 2012 | EEOC
At its regularly scheduled April 25 meeting, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will vote on new enforcement guidance on the use of criminal background checks in pre-employment hiring decisions. It is expected that the new guidelines will considerably...
by Girish Anand | Apr 19, 2012 | EEOC
Hotels and other public facilities across the nation are rushing to bring their swimming pools up to 2010 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) pool standards that mandated the installation of chair lifts to enable disabled swimmers to enter the water. Complicating...
by Girish Anand | Apr 17, 2012 | NLRB
A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., today blocked the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) from requiring American businesses to post its NLRA Employee Rights Poster by April 30, issuing a temporary injunction to stop the mandate. The injunction follows on...