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Weekend Roundup: $1.2M EEOC payout, Pregnancy Discrimination, Meeting Deadlines
Two oilfield services companies based in Houston agreed to pay $1.2 million in a settlement for race discrimination and a retaliation lawsuit. In other news, a former Urban Outfitters employee is suing the company for pregnancy discrimination. She claims she was fired...
50 Shades of Green
Marijuana laws have been rapidly changing across all 50 states and it can be confusing. Some states have legalized all forms of marijuana, while others allow medical use, and then there is everything in between. It’s important to know where your state...
Weekend Roundup: McDonald’s scandal, Problematic drug testing, and Uber background checks
Last week, the CEO of fast food giant McDonald’s was fired after having a relationship with an employee. Shortly thereafter, HR executive David Fairhust left the company without providing any reasons for his sudden departure. In other headlines, the City of Boston is...
Crack the Code
This is a truly astonishing revelation–five generations are working side-by-side for the first time in history. They are the: Silent Generation – Born before 1946 Baby Boomers – Born between 1946 – 1964 Generation X – Born between 1965 – 1980 Millennials – Born...
Make Every Hire the Right Hire
KRESS makes hiring fast, simple, and reliable. We offer pre-and-post employment screening services to businesses across all industries that are FCRA compliant. We are the preferred screening vendor/managed service provider for ExxonMobil, Firestone, BP, Shell, the...
Weekend Roundup: Restricting Marijuana Use, Candidate Vetting for Cybersecurity, EEOC Pay Data
Last week, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ordered the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to submit data that sorts employees by job category, race, ethnicity, and sex by January 31, 2020 for pay data. In other news, the American...
Clowns Are Scary, But Being Charged by The EEOC Is Scarier
It’s that creepy time of year where horror movies seem to play on every channel, and you think you see a clown lurking in every curb drain you pass. Clowns are frightening and thanks to Stephen King, it’s the childhood nightmare that frightens us all. However, nothing...
Weekend Roundup: Chase Hires People with Criminal Records, White Lies, New Taxi Law
It’s typically difficult to land a bank job if you have a record. However, banking giant JPMorgan Chase is hiring people with criminal records for a pilot initiative in Chicago. In other headlines, a study by SimplyHired found that 37 percent of managers are inclined...
Weekend Roundup: Uber and Lyft Blow Off Congress; He, She, They; Smoker Denied Job
Ride-hailing giants Uber and Lyft have decided to blow off a congressional hearing examining their safety and labor practices. The Congressional Transportation Committee will forge ahead with the proceedings with or without their cooperation. In other headlines,...
Weekend Roundup: A Whistleblower’s Rights, Pizza Overdose, #MeToo
In this week’s Weekend Roundup, claims against President Trump seeking a foreign country’s influence on the impending presidential election have come to light by a whistleblower. Thus, raising the question: What rights does a whistleblower have? In other news, kids,...
