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  1. February 02, 2018

    Texas Deals Blow To EEOC Background Check Policy

    A Texas federal judge on Thursday endorsed the spirit of U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidance urging employers to limit their use of criminal background checks in hiring but blocked its enforcement against the Lone Star State anyway, saying the agency should have let the public weigh in before publishing the guidance.

  2. August 24, 2017

    Texas Judge Denies NAACP Bid To Intervene In EEOC Case

    A Texas federal judge on Wednesday denied a bid by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and other groups to intervene in the state's challenge of U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidance on the use of criminal background checks in hiring, rejecting their claim that the Trump administration would cede the case.

  3. August 26, 2014

    Texas Turns To 5th Circ. In EEOC Background Check Battle

    The state of Texas told a federal court Monday that it will take its legal challenge to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's 2012 criminal background check guidance up to the Fifth Circuit, a development that comes after the state's lawsuit was tossed last week.

  4. August 20, 2014

    Texas' Suit Against EEOC Over Background Check Policy Axed

    A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Texas cannot challenge the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's guidance on criminal background checks because the state is not presently at risk of being penalized for refusing to adopt the policy.

  5. May 22, 2014

    NAACP Pans Texas Suit Over EEOC Background Check Policy

    The NAACP asked a federal judge Thursday to allow it to wade into a lawsuit the state of Texas filed challenging the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's guidance on criminal background checks, saying the state is undermining its residents' civil rights.

  6. April 18, 2014

    Texas Blasts EEOC Bid To Nix Suit Over 'Felon-Hiring Rule'

    The state of Texas on Friday urged a federal court not to toss its lawsuit challenging the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's guidance on criminal background checks, saying the EEOC is trying to argue that the rule "is not worth the paper it's printed on — even though it urges other courts to defer to it."

  7. April 07, 2014

    EEOC Slams Texas' Suit Over Background Check Guidance

    The U.S. Equal Employment Commission on Friday urged a Texas federal court to nix the state's lawsuit challenging its guidance on the use of criminal background checks in hiring, saying the court lacks jurisdiction to hear the suit because the guidance is not legally binding.

  8. March 19, 2014

    Texas Slams EEOC Over 'Felon-Hiring Rule'

    The state of Texas fired back Tuesday at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's effort to nix the state's lawsuit challenging the agency's guidance on using criminal background checks in hiring, saying the EEOC wants "to have their cake and eat it too."

  9. January 28, 2014

    EEOC Says Texas Can't Sue Over Background Check Advice

    The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Monday asked a federal judge to toss the state of Texas' suit challenging the agency's guidance on the use of criminal background screens in hiring, saying the injury alleged is "illusory" and the state's claims are not ripe.

  10. January 01, 2014

    EEOC Cases To Watch In 2014

    Court battles involving the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will be getting close scrutiny in 2014 as attorneys look for guidance from judges caught between the EEOC and companies who say the agency is overstepping its bounds.

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