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EEOC Rescinds Criminal Background Check Hiring Guidance

  • SHRM

Jim Paretti says the EEOC has rescinded its 2012 guidance on employers’ use of criminal records, signaling a shift in federal discrimination enforcement while other background-check requirements remain in place. 

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