On March 14, 2024, the Massachusetts House of Representatives passed legislation that would add a new provision to the Massachusetts Consumer Protection law and would bar the use of true credit reports for employment purposes.
Employers with jobs located in the unincorporated areas of the County of Los Angeles will soon need to navigate another layer of burdensome regulations based on the County’s new fair chance hiring ordinance.
Companies that hire employees and engage independent contractors in California should brace themselves for an even greater slowdown in background checks that include criminal record searches in Los Angeles County.
Illinois state and local legislatures kept busy in 2023 with the enactment of numerous new labor and employment laws, including significant changes to paid and sick leave for employees and new protections for temporary laborers and independent contractors
On November 14, 2023, the FDIC published proposed revised regulations concerning Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, to conform with the Fair Hiring in Banking Act, which was enacted on and immediately effective as of December 23, 2022.
On July 24, 2023, the Office of Administrative Law approved the California Civil Rights Council’s proposed modifications to certain background check regulations.
