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Background Checks
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Employee Benefits Blog
New Guidance on Background Checks Issued by the FTC and EEOC
Last month, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued joint guidance addressing the use of background checks in employment decisions. The guidance does not…
The Labor Dish
Background Checks: Ban The (Procrustean) Bed?
By DLA Labor Dish Editorial Board
Question: What does Edward Snowden (N.S.A.’s infamous document leaker) have in common with Aaron Alexis (who shot 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard last fall)? Answer: Their employers’ background…
Securities Compliance Sentinel
Broker-Dealers Must Now Investigate Potential Registered Representatives
FINRA approved new rules to require member firms to verify the accuracy of information provided on a prospective applicant's Form U4. See http://www.finra.org/Newsroom/NewsReleases/2014/P493588. The new FINRA rules will now force firms…
Securities Compliance Sentinel
Is “Big Brother” Such A Bad Thing
By Joshua Horn
FINRA recently announced a change to the supervision rule to require hiring firms to conduct background checks on new employees. This rule change raises the question; what have member firms…
Minnesota Employer
Guess What? The EEOC Does the Same Thing It Tells Employers Not to Do
In a poignant example of the pot calling the kettle black, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals recently rejected the EEOC’s argument that an employer’s use of credit checks for hiring caused…
Workforce Compliance Insights
FTC Settles Cases Against Providers of Background Checks
Two companies have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges that they violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) as consumer reporting agencies. The FTC alleged that Instant Checkmate, Inc. and…
Health Industry Washington Watch
CMS to Implement Fingerprint-Based Background Checks for High-Risk Providers and Suppliers in 2014
By Elizabeth B. Carder-Thompson, Debra A. McCurdy
More than three years after publication of final regulations to implement Affordable Care Act (ACA) provisions that strengthen provider and supplier enrollment screening provisions under federal health care programs, the…
Employment Law Spotlight
Sixth Circuit Delivers Knockout to EEOC in Another Background Check Case
The EEOC suffered a major setback on April 9th when the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment in the highly watched background check case of EEOC v. Kaplan…
Wage & Hour Insights
Employee Background Checks: The First Step Before Determining Wages
In past Franczek Radelet Alerts and webinars, my colleagues and I have talked at length about the potential pitfalls for employers of background checks and the changes that the advent…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
EEOC and FTC Issue Joint Guidance on Background Checks
As reported in the Hunton Employment and Labor Perspectives Blog, on March 10, 2014, the Federal Trade Commission and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued joint guidance regarding the use…