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Background Checks
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Workforce Compliance Insights
CFPB Enforcement Action Against Two Background Screeners
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it has taken action against two large background screening companies. Yes, you are reading this correctly. The CFPB...not the Federal Trade Commission,…
Employment Law Watch
Reminder for NYC Employers: Ban on Criminal Background Checks Takes Effect Today
By Mark S. Goldstein, Cindy Schmitt Minniti
Less than two months after the effective date of a new law barring employers’ use of credit checks, another new law restricting the pre-employment process takes effect in New York…
Workforce Compliance Insights
Background Screening – When is Section 603(y) Applicable?
Post written by guest author Maayan Lattin. When a company uses commercial background checks to evaluate the suitability of job applicants, they must comply with the Fair Credit Reporting Act…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Judge finds Genesis Healthcare free of any FCRA violations
On October 1, 2015, U.S. District Judge Mark Kearney rules that Genesis Healthcare LLC (Genesis) did not violate the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) when it employed a third party…
Labor Days
The City Commission Clarifies the “Fair Chance Act”
As previously reported, among the legislation passed this year under Mayor DeBlasio, New York City passed the “Fair Chance Act” (“FCA”), which severely restricts an employer’s ability to conduct criminal background…
Consumer Finance Spotlight
Court Finds Employer Did Not Violate FCRA Through Use of Background Report in Hiring Decision
By Andrew Soven
On October 1, 2015, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued a decision in Ramos v. Genesis Healthcare, LLC, upholding an employer’s use of a credit report…
Law and the Workplace
NYC Commission on Human Rights Explains New NYC Background Check Laws
We were pleased to host a program this morning on New York City's two new background check laws, the Stop Credit Discrimination in Employment Act and the Fair Chance Act. …
Labor & Employment Insights
Background Checks are Still Big Litigation Business—Just Ask BMW
Yet another reminder that everyone using criminal background checks in the hiring process needs to review their standards—BMW just entered a consent decree with the EEOC under which it will…
Manufacturing Law Blog
The Background Check Conundrum: “Manufacturing” a Problem (Pun Intended)
By Robinson+Cole's Manufacturing Law Industry Team
I am a longtime advocate of pre-employment criminal background checks. So I have watched with resigned acceptance as the EEOC, over 100 states and cities across the United States, and…
Workforce Compliance Insights
Free Webinar — How to Create a Legally Compliant Background Screening Program
On Wednesday the 16th, at 2 pm EST, I will conduct a free webinar entitled, "Crucial Steps to FCRA Compliant Background Checks: Is Your Company Compliant?" The webinar is directed…