Make Sure Your Job Postings Don’t Get You in Trouble
Potential problem areas:
Inadvertent age discrimination: companies with hiring programs for “new graduates” and for “early career” applicants have been successfully sued for age discrimination. A related piece of advice is not to collect graduation dates from applicants, which could also be interpreted (especially by plaintiffs’ attorneys) as age-discriminatory.
Failing to adhere to required state pay transparency laws. The number of states with these laws is continuing to grow.