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What is an OFAC Background Check and When Should You Conduct One?

Crimcheck | Pre-Employment & Background Check Information

After the events of September 11, 2001, the OFAC spent more time focusing on terrorism. In addition to this, many common ethnic names are listed multiple times and the possibility of discrimination by the employer is high. What is the SDN? on a background check.

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M&A Friday! This Week’s HR Deals and Trending #HotInHR News

Advos

New Learning Modules Added to HR Genius for the Week of July 9, 2018 Including Best Practices in Avoiding Discrimination, Group Health Plans, and More. Related: Americans quitting their jobs at fastest rate since 2001 — and that’s a good thing. Week in Review – Popular Content.

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What Makes A Good Manager and Leader?

DecisionWise

Discrimination is a real challenge whether it is gender, race, religion, age, or sexual orientation. Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001, the United States Army began using the term VUCA for training commanding officers. Avoid demeaning language about any member of the team in any way. Be inclusive. Manage Through VUCA.

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Even some judges mistake how easy it is for an employee to claim age discrimination

The Employer Handbook

Last month , I explained how easy it is for an employee to plead a discrimination claim under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. When a plaintiff files a complaint in federal court for age discrimination or otherwise, she need only state a plausible claim. What happened?!? The defendant moved to dismiss the complaint.

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Don’t Forget Protections and Services for Veterans

HRWatchdog

Veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001 suffer from higher unemployment than other veterans and civilians, according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and may face employment discrimination because of mental or physical disabilities.

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Finally, the EEOC has come around on arbitration agreements as a condition of employment

The Employer Handbook

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released this Policy Statement in which it posited that “agreements that mandate binding arbitration of discrimination claims as a condition of employment are contrary to the fundamental principles evinced in [the federal anti-discrimination laws it enforces.]” 105 (2001).

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Let’s be clear about this: a hangman’s noose is RACIST

The Employer Handbook

Many years ago, a man called me asking if I would represent him in a discrimination action against a company. Indeed, in 2001, a New York federal court described explored the history of the hangman’s noose before describing it as “among the most repugnant of all racist symbols, because it is itself an instrument of violence.”