Employment Background Checks

Employment Background Checks

Employment Background Checks Employment Discrimination Lawyer | Prior to running employment background checks, employers must follow strict rules, or risk liability for noncompliance. Agencies contracted by employers to provide information on an applicant or employee also have legal d ...

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Discrimination Claim: EEOC Pt. 1

Discrimination Claim: EEOC Pt. 1

Discrimination Claim: EEOC Pt. 1 Processing a Discrimination Claim with the EEOC A victim of employment discrimination should file his or her claim as soon as possible after the discrimination has occurred, or risk losing the right to recover damages. A job applicant or employee wh ...

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Discrimination Claim: EEOC Pt. 2

Discrimination Claim: EEOC Pt. 2

Discrimination Claim: EEOC Pt. 2 If the victim is a federal employee or job applicant, the complaint process is different. They generally have to contact an agency EEO counselor within 45 days of the violation (this timeframe can be extended under certain circumstances.) The agency wi ...

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Processing a Discrimination Claim with the FCHR

Processing a Discrimination Claim with the FCHR

Processing a Discrimination Claim with the FCHR In Florida, a victim of employment discrimination can file a discrimination claim based on the Florida Civil Rights Act of 1992(FCRA) with the Florida Commission for Human Relations (FCHR), the state agency enforcing anti-discrimination ...

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Employment Background Checks

Employment Background Checks

Employment Background Checks Employment Discrimination Lawyer | Prior to running employment background checks, employers must follow strict rules, or risk liability for noncompliance. Agencies contracted by employers to provide information on an applicant or employee also have legal d ...

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Harassment in the Workplace

Harassment in the Workplace

Harassment in the Workplace Employment Discrimination Lawyer | Harassment is unwelcome conduct that creates a work environment that is intimidating, hostile, or offensive to reasonable people. Harassment may consist of offensive jokes, slurs, name-calling, physical assaults or threats ...

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Founder of Bikram Yoga Accused of Sexual Harrassment

Founder of Bikram Yoga Accused of Sexual Harrassment

Founder of Bikram Yoga Accused of Sexual Harrassment Employment Discrimination Attorney | Bikram Choudhury, founder of Bikram Yoga or hot yoga as it is colloquially referred, has been the center of several well-publicized sexual harassment lawsuit.  As the trial of one former legal ad ...

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What Are Protected Characteristics?

What Are Protected Characteristics?

What Are Protected Characteristics? Employment Discrimination Lawyer | Characteristics that are protected under the law against discrimination include race, color, national origin, disability status, veteran status, marital status, HIV status, or religion. People who are reprimanded, ...

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