Amended Ban the Box legislation in Philadelphia
10/4/2018 | Articles
NEW HIRING RESTRICTIONS ON PHILADELPHIA EMPLOYERS Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter has signed into law an amendment to Philadelphia’s “Ban the Box” legislation that places significant additional restrictions on employers seeking to determine whether prospective employees have criminal records. Under the prior Ban the Box law, employers could not ask about an applicant’s criminal history on an employment application or in an initial interview but could conduct criminal background checks after the initial interview […]
ALA Newsletter Article – HR failure to investigate harassment
10/4/2018 | Articles
HR IN THE CROSSHAIRS: EMPLOYER HIT WITH HUGE JURY VERDICT DUE TO HR’S ALLEGED FAILURE TO INVESTIGATE HARASSMENT CLAIMS It is often said, but not always followed: Human Resources takes all claims of harassment seriously and will investigate all such claims. Human Resources’ failure to do so in one recent case cost an employer $499,000.00. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) recently prosecuted a case against a physician services outsourcing company in which three employees alleged […]
“THE SMELL TEST”: A Practical Solution for Dealing with Drug and Alcohol Abuse on the Job
10/4/2018 | Articles
All too often, employers find themselves in the difficult position of dealing with an employee who reports to work under the influence of drugs or alcohol, leaving the employer in the difficult position of deciding what to do with that employee – send the employee home? Let the employee stay at work? What about the safety of other employees and third parties at the office? If I send the employee home for suspicion of being under the influence of drugs […]
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