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EEOC files suit against janitorial company alleging systemic discrimination
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing Diversified Maintenance Systems LLC, claiming a district manager attempted to deter African-Americans from applying to the company. Read More
Popular courier service to pay $2.5M to settle background check class action
Postmates, an on-demand delivery service, agreed to the deal to settle allegations that the company’s background check procedures failed to comply with Fair Credit Reporting Act. Read More
Philadelphia enacts legislation to enhance City’s enforcement powers over employers
The law authorizes the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations to order an employer to cease operations in the city “for a specified period of time” if the Commission finds that the employer “has engaged in severe or repeated violations without effective efforts to remediate the violations.” Read More
Judge refuses to toss background check suit against USPS
A Wisconsin federal judge found that an applicant who claims the U.S. Postal Service failed to give him an adequate amount of time to dispute the information returned on his background check sufficiently alleged an injury. Read More
Delaware enacts salary history ban
The First State becomes the latest state to enact a version of the increasingly popular legislation that aims to address the gender pay gap. Read More