In just over a month, a new law in NJ forbidding business from discriminating against unemployed job candidates will take effect. More about this new law and the effect it will have on NJ employers, after the jump… * * * You can find a copy of the new law…
Back on March 22, I reported that City Council would vote on the “Fair Criminal Screening Standards” bill, a measure that would forbid city employers from discriminating or retaliating against job candidates with criminal convictions. City Council has since approved the bill and Mayor Nutter has signed it. For more…
A few weeks ago, I wrote about how the Maryland Department of Corrections was facing heat from the ACLU for requiring job applicants to divulge their Facebook passwords. It seems that the DOC has listened (not to me, but to the ACLU). You can see the ACLU’s response, as well…
Yesterday was a busy day for Charlie Sheen. Warner Brothers officially fired Charlie Sheen from Two and a Half Men and #TeamSheen commenced its world search for the first #TigerBloodIntern. You can read the job listing here. What does it take to be a #TigerBloodIntern? #TigerBlood (of course). And you must…
In a public meeting last week, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) examined the impact of employers considering only those currently employed for job vacancies. Do those employers who won’t consider unemployed individuals for vacant positions engage in unlawful discrimination? Find out, after the jump (or just watch my…
“I know you don’t smoke weed, I know this; but I’m gonna get you high today, ’cause it’s Friday; you ain’t got no job… and you ain’t got sh*t to do.” – Smokey from Friday (1995). Back in 1995, when Smokey was trying to convince his buddy Craig…
You operate a company that provides mall security. And one of your security guards posts a video on YouTube of a female mall employee falling into a fountain while she is texting. You should already have a social media policy. But, even if you don’t, you know what to do, right? I know.…