Earlier this year, retail giant Target settled a $3.7 million discrimination lawsuit, as reported by USA Today. The suit alleged that Target’s criminal background-check process was biased against minority candidates. The litigation, spearheaded by the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, has since led Target to set up a process for the plaintiffs to either obtain jobs or receive a cash award.

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The headlines were jarring….Target  settles a   $3.7 MILLION DOLLAR DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT!! 

If a massive company like Target can make such an expensive mistake in their hiringprocess, what can smaller businesses do to ensure that we do not make the same mistakes? 

Read on to learn 3 critical things that you can  immediately implement  in your hiring process do to ensure that you do not make the same mistakes.