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Applicant’s background check incorrectly reported a warrant for her arrest, lawsuit claims

Dive Brief: Sterling Infosystems, a consumer reporting agency that sells background checks, falsely reported to a prospective employer that a job candidate had a criminal history and an active warrant for her arrest, the candidate alleged in a Nov. 26 ...

Deloitte employees with H-1B visas were paid 10% less than US workers, report finds

Dive Brief: Big 4 accounting firm Deloitte paid newly hired accountants with H-1B visas an estimated 10% less than U.S. workers in similar roles, according to a recent report by researchers from George Mason University, Columbia University, University of Hong ...

Outfox Hospitality faces $3.8M in labor penalties

The Illinois Department of Labor is seeking more than $3.8 million in back wages for over 350 Illinois-based former employees of Outfox Hospitality, the short-lived parent company of Foxtrot and Dom’s Kitchen and Market that went bankrupt in May. IDOL ...

More than half of leaders haven’t trained in AI, survey shows

In a recent survey, 58% of vice presidents and directors in the U.S. and U.K. said they’ve never attended an artificial intelligence training or course, according to a Dec. 10 report from General Assembly. In addition, only 42% said they’re ...

Why Canva checks skills passports, not degrees, to grow talent

At Canva, employees have skills passports they can use to chart their journey through the company, Head of People Experience Charlotte Anderson told HR Dive.  “It’s not necessarily a physical thing,” Anderson said.  Instead, the skills passport is a conceptual ...

FTC orders a building services contractor to end no-hire agreement

The Federal Trade Commission has ordered Guardian Service Industries, Inc., a building services contractor in New York, to stop enforcing its no-hire agreement that prohibits building owners and other service contractors from hiring its employees, according to a Dec. 4 ...

Base pay has grown for restaurant workers, report finds

Dive Brief: Tips as a share of restaurant worker income are declining, according to an ADP report surveying the payment of roughly 100,000 full-service workers in tipped jobs for more than a year. Tips comprised 57.4% of the compensation of ...

Ride-hailing service failed to hire, accommodate hearing-impaired driver candidates, EEOC claims

Dive Brief: Ride-hailing company Alto Experience, Inc., failed to hire at least 20 qualified deaf and hard-of-hearing candidates as personal drivers and failed to provide accommodations to qualified individuals with hearing disabilities, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in ...

Employers still struggle to achieve ‘healthy balance’ with in-office requirements, WTW says

Dive Brief: While nearly two-thirds of U.S. employers have implemented a formal policy requiring employees to work in-office a minimum number of days per week, half said they have no rules regarding which days workers choose, according to a press ...

EEOC: Psychiatric center allegedly prioritized, promoted less qualified male therapist over female co-workers

Dive Brief: The Maryland Department of Health’s Thomas B. Finan Center, a multipurpose psychiatric facility, agreed to pay a total of $270,000 to four female recreation therapists to settle an equal pay lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity ...