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Background Checks
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Workforce Compliance Insights
California Law and Background Screening
Happy post-Thanksgiving! News flash for the background screening industry as well as users of background checks in California. The California Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether the Investigative Consumer…
Law and the Workplace
NYC Commission on Human Rights Clarifies Background Screening Laws
On Thursday, November 19, 2015, Cornell University’s ILR School Labor and Employment Law Program hosted “NYC Ban the Box and Stop Credit Discrimination: A Conversation on Enforcement with the City…
Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
Employers Should Review Their FCRA Disclosure Forms
Retailer Big Lots Stores, Inc. is facing a putative class action in Philadelphia, wherein the plaintiff alleges that the company “systematically” violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act’s (“FCRA”) “standalone disclosure…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Retailer Sued over Allegations that Background Check Consent Form Includes Extraneous Information
As reported in the Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives Blog: On November 2, 2015, a putative class action was filed against retailer Big Lots Stores, Inc. in Philadelphia, stemming from…
SC Employers’ Blog
Job Applicant Background Checks: Are You Complying with the Fair Credit Reporting Act?
A hot topic in employment law news is a growing movement toward “banning the box” (i.e. implementing laws that bar employers from asking about a criminal history on the initial…
Subject to Inquiry
CFPB Takes Action Under FCRA Against Employment Background Check Providers
By Government Investigations Group
On October 29, 2015, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced the settlement of an enforcement action against two of the country’s largest employment background screening report providers for failing…
Ad Law Access
CFPB Obtains $13M FCRA Settlement with Employee Background Screening Providers
The CFPB recently initiated an enforcement action against General Information Services (GIS) and its affiliate, e-Background-checks.com, Inc. (BGC) for allegedly violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) by failing to…
Consumer Finance Monitor
CFPB announces consent order with employment background screening report providers
The CFPB recently announced that it has entered into a consent order with two affiliated companies that generate and provide employment background screening reports. The consent order settles charges that…
Workforce Compliance Insights
Employment Background Screening 101
Here's a free webinar that will snap you out of your deep despair over the fact that it is now dark at 5:02 pm. I will join Hire Image CEO, Christine Cunneen,…
MoFo ReEnforcement: The Enforcement Blog
CFPB’s Message to Employment Background Screening Providers: A Rose by Any Other Middle Name is Probably the Wrong Person
On October 29, the CFPB took action against two of the country’s largest employment background screening report providers for violations of the FCRA. This is one of the CFPB’s most…