This week the New York Times ran an article about the difficulties older workers face in getting a new job after a layoff. Bias against older workers often involves assumptions that an older worker has inadequate technology skills and will refuse to be supervised by a younger boss. The article pointed out the...
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EEOC Loses Case Seeking to Bar Criminal Background Checks
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed suit against Freeman, a company
It claimed that Freeman’s policy of conducting background checks into criminal convictions and credit histories resulted in exclusion of more minorities than whites from the applicant pool. The EEOC has been pursuing this practice, which results in a “disparate impact” against minority groups, whose members...
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Major League Baseball Accused of Misusing Volunteers
What’s better than free labor? The private sector has been scrutinized more closely in the last year or two as it uses “interns” or “volunteers” for work that should be given to paid employees. In some cases, companies use interns for their work, without complying with the requirements that the internships benefit the worker.
The New...
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