Weekly Industry News – Employment Law

Employment Law –  Bed Bath & Beyond ends ban on workers with criminal past, Tennessee’s employment litigation reform and more.

 

Bed Bath & Beyond Ends Ban on Workers With Criminal Past by Christie Smythe  Published on Bloomberg 

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. agreed to stop automatically rejecting job applicants with criminal records and to evaluate individual situations as New Yorks attorney general expanded a crackdown on discrimination against ex-offenders… [ Read More ]

     

Tennessee Employment Litigation Reform Bill Heads for Governor’s Desk by James R. Mulroy, II Published on natlawreview 

Business-friendly Tennessee, known for its low business taxes and minimal red tape, is on track to be even friendlier if Governor Bill Haslam signs a bill removing liability for employment discrimination from individual supervisors or agents under the Tennessee Human Rights Act and limiting discriminatees’ “non-pecuniary” damages, among other things. Once signed, the new law will become effective July 1, 2014… [ Read More ]

     

EEOC gets slammed in dreadlock case in Alabama by Sirote & Permutt  Published on AL.com

The EEOC filed suit against Catastrophe Management Solutions in the US District Court for the Southern District of Alabama alleging that Catastrophe Management Solutions (CMS) “engage in unlawful employment practices…by implementing a policy that prohibited employees from wearing dreadlocks and enforcing that policy against Chastity C. Jones.” … [ Read More ]

     

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