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Develop A 'Targeted Screen' For Better Legal Standing

Published on Thu Jan 31, 2013

Protect your HHA from discrimination claims under the new EEOC guidance. If an employee or applicant is African American or Hispanic, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is taking a guilty-until-proven-innocent stance on criminal background checks. And this guidance change can expose your home health agency or hospice to serious legal trouble. "Based on various statistics, the Guidance makes clear that [...]
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