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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Medicare and Medicaid Fraud

Medicare and Medicaid Fraud

Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Employment Discrimination |  Since January 2009 to November 2015, the United States Justice Department has recovered a total of more than $26.5 billion through False Claims Act cases, with more than $16.7 billion of that amount recovered in cases involving ...

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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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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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Restaurant Chain Fined For Labor Violations

Restaurant Chain Fined For Labor Violations

Restaurant Chain Fined For Labor Violations Employment Discrimination Lawyer | A Los Angeles area restaurant chain has been ordered to pay up nearly $104,000 for labor violations. According to a news report, 3 Amigos Fresh Mexican Grill restaurants will pay 33 of its workers a tota ...

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Age Discrimination

Age Discrimination

Age Discrimination Employment Discrimination Lawyer | Believe it or not, job seekers are reporting age discrimination beginning as early as the mid-thirties. By the time you reach your forties, you can be considered washed up in some industries. There are strategies you can use to hel ...

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