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Boston Globe recently sought expert legal commentary from Philip Gordon of Gordon LLP, in connection with scrutiny around Amazon’s driver background check employment policy and screening fairness for last-mile delivery contractors and employees. The article examined how background check policies impact delivery drivers who interact with customers, operate fleet vehicles, and are responsible for time-sensitive…

New York City has enacted a major amendment to its Human Rights Law, banning employers from using credit history to make hiring, pay, or promotion decisions. This legislative shift is driven by the Stop Credit Discrimination in Employment Act, which officially took effect on September 3, 2015 in NYC Credit. For many years, companies relied…

Proposed revisions to Section 13(a)(1) of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act are coming under scrutiny as some question the Department of Labor’s (DOL) authority to create legislation. U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez recently announced that the agency submitted a proposal to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that will potentially affect the…