The lawsuit accuses LinkedIn of violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act for supplying references to paid subscribers without users’ consent. A class-action lawsuit in California accuses the social ...

New research article suggests that highly structured feedback from job references, both quantitative and qualitative, is an effective tool in the advancement of fair and equitable hiring practices.

In most states, there is no affirmative duty to respond to a prospective employer's request for a reference, say Bruce Rosen and Amy Grossman. Awareness of potential liability has long led most ...

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