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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished? Use Lawyers to Avoid Trouble Related to Background Checks

Published: May 16, 2022

by Brendan J. Begley
The Labor & Employment Law Blog

A precedential decision last week by the California Court of Appeal may leave some employers feeling like no good deed goes unpunished. That decision ruled that a jury would have to decide if an employer willfully violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FRCA”) by letting a non-attorney manager communicate with outside lawyers to ensure that its background checks were in compliance with the FRCA.

California Employment News: How to Comply With and Use Employee Record Requests to Your Advantage

Published: May 10, 2022

by Lukas Clary, Meagan D. Bainbridge
The Labor & Employment Law Blog

In this episode of California Employment News, Lukas Clary and Meagan Bainbridge discuss steps that employers can take to comply with employee records requests, while also mitigating the risk of potential workplace violation claims.

Watch this episode on the Weintraub YouTube channel, here.

Listen to this podcast episode here.

Department Of Homeland Security Ends the COVID-19 Temporary Policy For Expired List B Identity Documents

Published: April 12, 2022

by Lizbeth (Beth) V. West
The Labor & Employment Law Blog

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) adopted a temporary policy in response to the difficulties many individuals experienced with renewing documents.  As part of that temporary policy, employers were permitted to consider expired List B identity documents when completing the Form I-9 (“Employment Eligibility Verification”) which is required for employment in the United States.

Jacqueline Simonovich in Law360: Transforming Law Firms’ Diversity Intent Into Real Progress

Published: April 7, 2022

In the summer of 2020, we saw a flurry of diversity and inclusion activity at law firms in response to the murder of George Floyd and the general social unrest in this country at that time. Many firms ostensibly renewed their diversity and inclusion initiatives.

While these renewed commitments were well-intentioned, it was hard not to wonder — would all this talk actually translate into action? Or would these actions surpass the performative and translate into real, measurable progress?