April 9, 2018 – Last Thursday, Target Corporation agree to settle a class action lawsuit brought on behalf of African American and Latino job applicants who sought employment with the company since 2006. The suit alleged that Target’s use of criminal background checks...
June 9, 2017 – Employment background checks can be an unnerving experience. Yet, employers are increasingly requiring new job applicants and current employees to submit to them, often in the form of criminal background checks and credit history checks. This...
May 19, 2017 – Misclassification of employees as independent contractors continues to be a problem in the U.S. workplace. Many independent contractors do not realize they may be employees and that certain factors are immaterial to determining whether they are...
April 25, 2017 – Earlier this month, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that an employee’s internal complaint to his employer’s human resources department suspended the one year statute of limitations period for claims filed under the Minnesota Human...
January 17, 2017 – Before starting a new job, many employees wonder whether to disclose a mental health condition, such as depression, anxiety or PTSD, particularly if they are in need of a workplace accommodation. Similarly, existing employees ask about their...
