Jul 15, 2015 | Employment Law
Part I of this article can be found here. The Fair Credit Reporting Act Having considering the perils summarized above, an employer who still decides to use employee criminal background checks faces additional restrictions under other federal statutory provisions,...
Jul 8, 2015 | Employment Law
Use of employment-related background checks by employers to discover information about the work history, education, criminal record, and financial history of job applicants has become ubiquitous. In one recent survey of employers, 92% of those responding stated that...
Jul 1, 2015 | Employment Law
The Department of Labor (DOL) has just released its long-awaited Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to the white collar exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The amendments, if passed, will significantly increase the minimum salary test (from $23,660 to...
Jun 29, 2015 | Employment Law
In response to a directive from President Obama, the Department of Labor (DOL) has been working since Spring 2014 to revise the white collar exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The revisions are expected to significantly increase the minimum salary...
Apr 27, 2015 | Employment Law
If you have questions related to this article, please contact our Employment Law attorneys: Doug Taylor rdougtaylor@beankinney.com or Maureen Carr mcarr@beankinney.com. Effective July 1, 2015, employers in Virginia will be prohibited from requesting usernames and...
Mar 26, 2015 | Employment Law
Virginia appears poised to join Maryland and a handful of other states that ban employers from asking current employees and applicants for access to their social media accounts, like Facebook. Earlier this month, the Virginia legislature passed a bill that precludes...
