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Background Checks
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Texas Employment Law Update
Employers Should Dot Their I’s and Cross Their T’s When Using Consumer Reporting Information
According to Law360, Home Depot has been sued in a Georgia federal court in a putative class action alleging violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) for improperly using consumer reports…
California Peculiarities Employment Law Blog
Checking Out Applicants (Part 3): DIY Background Checks
By Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
By Pam Devata and Dana Howells Previously in this three-part series, we discussed employer obligations concerning background checks furnished by investigative consumer reporting agencies. In this third and final segment,…
California Peculiarities Employment Law Blog
Checking Out Applicants (Part 2): Using Consumer Reporting Agencies for Background Checks
By Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
By Pam Devata and Dana Howells Both federal and California law impose additional requirements on the users of “background checks” over and above the requirements for “consumer credit reports.” California’s…
Labor & Employment Law Blog
New EEOC Guidelines Regarding Employers’ Obligations With Respect to Background Checks and Accommodation of Religious Dress and Grooming Practices
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) recently announced new guidelines that may impact the way employers conduct background checks and accommodate religious dress and grooming practices. Background Checks As most…
California Peculiarities Employment Law Blog
Checking Out Applicants (Part 1): California Credit Checks
By Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
By Pam Devata and Dana Howells Complying with the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (the FCRA) is not easy. Compliance with both the FCRA and California restrictions on credit and…
Workforce Compliance Insights
Background Screener Attributing Criminal History Records of Defendants to Sureties Who Posted Bond
General Information Services, Inc. (GIS) has been hit with a class action complaint alleging violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The complaint was filed in the U.S. District…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
EEOC Suffers Another Loss in Its Crusade Against Employer Background Checks
As reported in the Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives Blog, on April 9, 2014, the Sixth Circuit of Appeals affirmed a summary judgment against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and…
Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
EEOC Suffers Another Loss In Its Crusade Against Employer Background Checks
On April 9, 2014, the Sixth Circuit of Appeals not only affirmed summary judgment in EEOC v. Kaplan Higher Education Corp., et al. but also chastised the EEOC for applying…
Hiring To Firing Law Blog
The Risky Business of Background Checks, Online and Otherwise
By Troutman Pepper Locke's Labor + Employment Group
We recently posted on one of our firm's other blogs, Information Intersection, about the joint guidance that was recently issued by the EEOC and FTC on employment background checks. While much…
Workforce Compliance Insights
Swift Transportation Company, Background Checks and the FCRA
There's already been quite a bit of media attention around the fact that Swift Transportation Company (Swift) agreed to a $4.4 million settlement to settle a class action lawsuit which…