"Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973"

The California Civil Rights Department recently modified the regulation (2 CCR § 11017.1) associated with California’s Fair Chance Act.  The regulation addresses an employer’s restrictions and obligations for considering an applicant or employee’s criminal history.  The modified regulation took effect on October 1, 2023.

Employers should be aware of the modifications to this

This guest post was authored by Alison Carrinski

Kindle.jpgEmerging technologies, such as e-book readers, seem to be everywhere and growing in numbers.  E-book readers offer students the ability to download books instantaneously and carry hundreds of books on a hand-held device.  But given that some e-book readers do not have text-to-speech functionality or Braille displays