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A South African View Of “The Equal Employment For All Act”

By Fox Rothschild LLP on December 24, 2013

We recently posted about this legislation proposed by Senator Elizabeth Warren that would prohibit inquiries into the credit histories of job applicants.

Johann Scheepers, Commissioner at the Commission for…
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What Is The “Equal Employment for All Act?”

By Fox Rothschild LLP on December 19, 2013

We previously wrote about laws which would bar employers from requiring job applicants to disclose their credit history. We asked on May 12, 2013 “Is bad credit an accurate predictor…
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Is A Credit Check Necessary In Hiring, Or A Means To Discriminate?

Posted on May 12, 2013

Is bad credit an accurate predictor of employee trustworthiness or reliability? Or is it discriminatory? We first discussed this in 2011, before the great debates began.

See link: https://employmentdiscrimination.foxrothschild.com/2011/02/articles/another-category/careful-how-you-use-those-credit-checks-they-could-be-discriminatory/

The New…

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New Disparate Impact Lawsuit Filed Against NCAA

Posted on February 15, 2013

A new federal Title VII lawsuit was just filed in California alleging that the NCAA’s 2011 rule which permanently bars, among other things, convicted felons from coaching in NCAA-certified tournaments, discriminates …

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