Second chances just became a little stronger in Philadelphia. On October 8, 2025, the Mayor signed new amendments to the city’s Fair Chance Hiring law, Philadelphia’s version of “Ban the Box,” that tighten requirements for employers and expand rights for applicants with criminal records. TL;DR Philadelphia has amended its Fair…
Employers who use credit reports in hiring may soon hear renewed calls to stop, but likely not because of new federal law. TL;DR: The Equal Employment for All Act of 2025, sponsored by Senator Elizabeth Warren and other Democrats, would amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to bar most employers…
Image by Hebi B. from Pixabay The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission seems to think so. Here’s more from a recent press release announcing a Title VII lawsuit against a Midwest employer for refusing to accommodate a Christian employee who refused to have his fingerprints taken: The EEOC’s pre-suit investigation…
Image Credit: @sydneyywhitson on Twitter Fair warning, this post is more about pettiness than employment law. Do you have that employee? Let’s try that again. We all have that employee. S/he is always missing work because an aunt died, the dog was sick, grandmother died, flat tire, the same aunt…
By U.S. Government – Extracted from PDF file here., Public Domain, Link On April 25, 2012, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) 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 EEOC…
Image by tigerlily713 from Pixabay In 2012, the EEOC issued its Enforcement Guidance on the Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment Decisions Under Title VII. The purpose of the Guidance was to help eliminate barriers in recruitment and hiring to ensure that companies running these background checks weren’t…
Joseph Williams [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia CommonsThroughout much of the day yesterday, Twitter trended with news that Harvard University had rescinded the college admission of one of Parkland shooting survivors. For something the school just learned that he did two years ago. Here’s more from Joe Sterling reporting here…
Vincent Le Moign [CC BY 4.0]I don’t blog much about the Fair Credit Reporting Act. For those of you who aren’t familiar with FCRA, I suggest that you call an employment lawyer. Like stop reading this blog post right now and call your employment lawyer! For the rest of you…
Image Credit: Pexels.com (https://www.pexels.com/photo/bed-bedroom-room-furniture-2705/) Last night, I had trouble sleeping. After a long weekend in Nashville, followed by a full day of presentations yesterday to a fantastic audience at the SHRM Lehigh Valley October Conference, capped off by a late evening rainstorm, I should’ve slept like a baby. But, I…
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/blockchain-block-chain-technology-3019120/) You’ve heard of the blockchain, right? But, if I asked you to explain it to me, half you would say, “Yeah, dude. Bitcoin.” The other half, well, I’m thinking I’d get something like this… Don’t worry. In this post, I’m going to turn you into a…