New Orleans bars credit checks on employees of city contractors
Effective Dec. 23, 2016, New Orleans’ “Equal Access to Employment Act” will make it unlawful for city contractors to request or use applicants’ or employees’ consumer credit information as the basis for any employment-related decision. Read More
Philadelphia enacts legislation to enhance City’s enforcement powers over employers
The law authorizes the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations to order an employer to cease operations in the city “for a specified period of time” if the Commission finds that the employer “has engaged in severe or repeated violations without effective efforts to remediate the violations.” Read More
California enacts Consumer Privacy Act (Assembly Bill 375)
On June 28, 2018, Gov. Jerry Brown signed the California Consumer Privacy Act (the "Act") into law, with the stated purpose of increasing consumer data privacy and disclosure requirements for businesses that collect personal information. Read More
Two cities vote to drop salary history question from their applications
Los Angeles and Nashville both voted to prohibit city departments from asking job applicants for their salary histories. Read More
UPDATED: Court denies request to block Philadelphia’s Wage Equity Ordinance
A federal judge dismissed a suit from the Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia that sought to block a Philadelphia city ordinance that will prohibit employers from asking about a prospective worker’s salary history. Read More