WASHINGTON, D.C. — Companies using criminal records or bad credit reports to screen out job applicants might land afoul of anti-discrimination laws as the government steps up scrutiny of hiring policies that can hurt blacks and Hispanics.

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Samuel Crenshaw needed his job to support his family, but the appalling way he was treated almost destroyed them. For some 15 years he was called nasty names using the worst racial slurs imaginable. He watched his fellow ...

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission this week released a legal advisory letter warning that the use of credit checks to screen job applicants could be unlawful if it leads to the disproportionate exclusion of women, minorities and other protected group members.

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Less than a year after the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Ricci v. DeStefano, the Court is considering yet another case involving the alleged discriminatory impact of an entrance exam on firefighters.

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A new federal law extending the statute of limitations for certain job discrimination claims does not revive the lawsuit of an accountant who alleged he was not promoted to partner because of his age ...

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The EEOC has filed a claim against a law firm for age discrimination and retaliation for the way it compensated attorneys older than 70.

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