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- Employment Law Guide
This guide provides HR professionals with an overview of Massachusetts laws related to background checks and other forms of preemployment screening and testing, including ban the box laws, fair chance laws, credit check laws, preemployment drug testing, physical fitness and medical testing.
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- Posters and Notices
As mandated by San Francisco's Office of Labor Standards Enforcement, San Francisco private employers and city contractors must post the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance Notice Poster.
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- How To
Updated to include amended notice requirements under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, effective September 21, 2018.
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- How To
Updated to include amended notice requirements under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, effective September 21, 2018.
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- Legal Timetable
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- Letters and Forms
As mandated by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Federal Trade Commission,
consumer reporting agencies must provide consumers with a Summary of Consumer Identity Theft Rights Form informing them of their rights to obtain a security freeze on their credit report.
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- Letters and Forms
As mandated by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission, any employer that obtains a credit report from a consumer reporting agency on a job applicant or employee faces additional notice requirements to the applicant or employee, effective September 21, 2018.
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- Legal Timetable
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- Employment Law Guide
Updated to include amendments regarding data breaches, effective August 1, 2018.
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- Editor's Choice
One of the fastest-moving trends in employment law involves the plethora of "ban the box" laws affecting private employers that have sprouted up in many states and municipalities. These laws make it illegal to include criminal history questions on initial job applications.