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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
Louisiana becomes first state to “Ban the Box” during college admissions process
Gov. John Bel Edwards signed House Bill 688 into law legislation that will prohibit public colleges and universities in the state from inquiring about potential students’ criminal histories. Read More
Rhode Island court rules employer who refused to hire medical marijuana user violated state law
A judge ruled Darlington Fabrics Corp. violated Rhode Island’s medical marijuana law, the Hawkins-Slater Act, when it refused to hire a medical marijuana user because she could not pass a pre-employment drug test. Read More