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Background Checks
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Inside Business Immigration
FBI Clearance Requests Delayed Following New Computer System Roll-Out
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is presently processing clearance requests at a very slow pace and has suspended processing of all nongovernmental fingerprint requests until further notice due to…
Law and the Workplace
Backlash against EEOC Enforcement Initiative on Background Checks Continues
By Daniel Saperstein, Katharine Parker
In recent years, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has taken a more aggressive position against the use of criminal history in hiring and personnel decisions. In 2012, the EEOC…
Workforce Compliance Insights
FCRA Litigation Continues for Employers Using Background Reports
Two recent developments related to litigation and background screening. First, a major fast food restaurant chain became the subject of a class action complaint recently, and second, a major business technology and…
Health Industry Washington Watch
CMS Fingerprint-Based Background Checks are Underway – Impacting “High-Risk” Providers and Suppliers
CMS's long-awaited fingerprint-based background check screening process is underway for certain “high-risk” providers and suppliers participating in federal health care programs (specifically, Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program). Under CMS…
EEOC Year-End Countdown
Round One – Texas Loses Its Suit Against The EEOC Over Its Criminal Background Guidance
By Howard M. Wexler There continues to be growing firestorm of litigation initiated by the EEOC over hiring checks based on criminal backgrounds. In one of the most high profile…
Health Law Update
Background Check Lawsuits: If It’s Not One Thing, It’s Another
Editor's Note: This post originally appeared on BakerHostetler's Employment Law Spotlight blog. As we previously have written, employer use of criminal records and background checks with respect to applicants and…
Health Law Update
Background Check Questions: Illinois Joins Ban-the-Box States; New Jersey May Be Next
By Todd Lebowitz, Melissa Siebert
Editor's Note: This post originally appeared on BakerHostetler's Employment Law Spotlight blog. Illinois Criminal background questions on employment applications will no longer be permitted in Illinois, effective January 1, 2015.…
Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
Illinois Becomes The Latest State To “Ban The Box”
Illinois recently joined a growing number of states and municipalities that have passed “ban the box” laws regulating when employers can inquire into an applicant’s criminal history. The “Job Opportunities…
The Data Advisor
FTC Continues Its Aggressive FCRA Enforcement and Ninth Circuit Lowers Standing Threshold in FCRA Cases
Data may well be the asset of the 21st century, but selling access to certain data about individuals may raise the risk of attracting unwanted attention from both regulators1 and…
Employment Law Spotlight
Background Check Lawsuits: If It’s Not One Thing, It’s Another
As we previously have written, employer use of criminal records and background checks with respect to applicants and employees has been the subject of challenge on the grounds that such…