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EEOC Rule on Affirmative Action for Individuals With Disabilities in Federal Employment

From the Legal Group, Seyfarth and Shaw LLP   By Seyfarth Shaw LLP on January 5, 2017 POSTED IN DIVERSITY, RETENTION & PAY EQUITY, EEOC, WORKPLACE POLICIES AND PROCESSES By Erin Dougherty Foley and Craig B. Simonsen Seyfarth Synopsis: These new regulations require federal agencies to be “model employers” of individuals with disabilities. As such, […]

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Judge Decides in Favor of Freeman in EEOC vs Freeman Discrimination Case

Last week a federal judge dismissed the discrimination charges against Freeman, a global marketing solutions company.   In 2009, the EEOC filed its discrimination case against Freeman, believing Freeman was discriminating against minorities based on the use of employment candidates’ criminal histories and credit records. Freeman decided to defend its decisions and take the case […]

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Columnist’s Review of the New EEOC Guidlines

Jennifer Rubin, the the Washington Post, writes a thoughtful critique on the new EEOC Guidelines regarding background checks and their use for preemployment screening.  In her article,  Rubin writes that unnecessary and possibly illegal constraints are being placed on employers.  She asserts the new guidelines contain considerable contradictions, where she asks in her article… “Can a police […]

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EEOC Approves New Employment Guidelines for Background Checks

By a vote of four to one the EEOC approved a new series of guidelines to the way background checks for employment screening can be applied for each job applicant.  Here is the overview provided by knowledgeable law firm, Seyfarth and Shaw…   For the complete list please click on this link to the Seyfarth and Shaw […]