By Eric B. Meyer
Late last year, in this post, I highlighted the six issues that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission prioritized in its Strategic Enforcement Plan.
Numero uno is eliminating barriers in recruitment and hiring.
Even before it released its Strategic Enforcement Plan, earlier in 2012, the EEOC telegraphed that it would closely scrutinize criminal background checks employers run on job applicants to determine whether they may disparately impact minorities. (more…)