The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will require certain employers to report the cost of coverage under employer-sponsored group health plans.  More after the break.

A company that screens job applicants is facing a negligence claim for allegedly missing the criminal record of a leasing agent hired by a Falls Church apartment complex.  The leasing agent was later convicted of capital murder and rape of … Continue reading →

Effective March 22, 2011, the Social Security Administration (SSA) has resumed sending out No-match letters to employers.   No-match letters are issued by the SSA if an employee’s name or other personal information does not correspond to a valid Social Security … Continue reading →

Under the Illinois Credit Privacy Act (“ICPA”), most Illinois employers will soon be prohibited from obtaining any credit history information for job applicants or current employees.   More after the break.

Massachusetts employers will soon be prohibited from inquiring about an applicant’s criminal history on an initial employment application as part of the Commonwealth’s Criminal Offender Record Information (“CORI”) system reform.  More after the break.

The deadline for covered businesses to file their EEO-1 reports with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s EEO-1 Joint Reporting Committee is September 30, 2010.  More after the break.

A funny (but real) post on Facebook by a CEO:

A recent article on Human Resource Executive Online discusses the risk of using an applicant’s prior litigation as a factor in a hiring decision: A job applicant with documented credit problems and a lawsuit against a former employer is claiming … Continue reading →