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Background Checks
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Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
Failing to Properly Conduct Background Checks Continues To Be a Million-Dollar Mistake
By Jessica K. Little, Robert T. Quackenboss
Employers failing to strictly comply with FCRA requirements in conducting background checks continue to face expensive consequences. On November 16, 2018, the United States District Court for the Southern District…
Employment & Human Rights Law in Canada
Update on the Police Record Check Reform Act
By Lisa Stam
Pre-employment police record checks have become common in our information-obsessed society. This is where the employer requires a job candidate to pass a police record check as a condition of…
Pennsylvania Labor & Employment Blog
Fair Credit Reporting Act Remains Fertile Ground for Compliance Issues and Litigation
By Erica Townes
The Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) has been a fertile area for lawsuits against employers. Recently, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals provided yet another warning for employers regarding compliance…
Hiring To Firing Law Blog
Employers Must Comply with Detailed Requirements When Having a Third Party Perform Background Checks
By Lee Tankle
Q: Are there certain rules an employer must follow when conducting background checks on employees and prospective employees? A: The Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) is an often overlooked federal…
U.S. Legal Insights for French Businesses
Hiring Personnel in New York: Dos and Don’ts – Part 2
By Karl Buhler, Lindsay Colvin Stone
Part II: Offer Letters and Background Checks In a previous article, we addressed certain pitfalls for numerous foreign employers seeking to hire personnel in New York State (see Part 1…
Labor & Employment Insights
Background Check Update: There’s A New FCRA Form in Town
If you conduct pre-hire background checks, you know you have to comply with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) or risk trouble (called lawsuits). Part of that compliance is providing…
Employment & Human Rights Law in Canada
To google or not to google? Candidate background checks
By Lisa Stam
In the information age it’s usually relatively easy to find out all about someone by doing a simple Google search. The burning question of online daters, “do I google my…
Café con Labor
Esto Es Importante: Los Empleadores Tienen Que Actualizar Inmediatamente Su Formulario Del “Resumen De Derechos” De La “FCRA”
By Ingrid Ponce, Stearns Weaver Miller
View English Version Here A partir del 21 de septiembre de 2018, los empleadores que utilicen agencias externas (agencias de información sobre el consumidor), para que lleven a cabo investigaciones…
Iowa Construction Law Blog
EMPLOYER ALERT: THERE IS A NEW “SUMMARY OF RIGHTS” UNDER THE FAIR CREDIT REPORTING THAT YOU MUST BE USING TODAY!
By rsamson@dickinsonlaw.com Dickinson Mackaman Tyler Hagen P.C.
On September 18, 2018, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau published in an “interim final rule” which, among other changes, contained a new “Summary of Consumer Rights” under the Fair Credit…
BeLabor the Point
This Is Important: Employers Need To Immediately Update Their FCRA “Summary Of Rights” Form
Ver la versión en español aquí Effective September 21, 2018, employers who use outside agencies (consumer reporting agencies) to conduct employee background checks must use a new (and revised) “A Summary…