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Background Checks
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Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
FTC Fines Employee Background Screening Company $2.6 Million for Alleged FCRA Violations
FCRA FTC 'Background Checks'
Employment Law Worldview
Background Checks and Credit Reports Continue To Provide Fodder For Class Action Lawsuits
On July 23, 2012, Plaintiff, Chiquita M. Warren filed a punitive class action against Defendant, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc., alleging the company used unauthorized consumer reports to reject otherwise…
Hiring To Firing Law Blog
Is An Online Search A Background Check For FCRA?
By Troutman Pepper Locke's Labor + Employment Group
Over a year ago, our colleagues at the Information Intersection blog warned that employers should think twice before using websites such as Spokeo.com, which are aggregators of personal information collected from online…
Employment Law
EEOC Provides Guidance to Employers Regarding The Use of Criminal/Background Checks
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has provided useful guidance to employers in issuing its April 25, 2012 “Enforcement Guidance on the Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment…
Employment Discrimination Report
EEOC Approves Guidance On The Use of Criminal Records in Background Screening
The EEOC conducted a public meeting this past week and voted 4-1 to approve its proposed guidance which deals with the use by employers of arrest and conviction records in background…
GT L&E Blog
EEOC Says That Criminal Screens Must Be Job-Related
By Jack Gearan
Yesterday, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") issued ”Updated Enforcement Guidance,” reminding employers that screen applicants’ criminal backgrounds that they must prove that any use of information acquired through such…
Labor Law Prof Blog
EEOC Issues Enforcement Guidance on Using Arrest/Conviction Records
The EEOC yesterday issued an updated Enforcement Guidance on employer use of arrest and conviction records in employment decisions under Title VII. The Commission voted 4-1 to approve the guidance…
Employment Law Worldview
EEOC’s Guidance on Background Checks
In response to mounting concern over the use of criminal records and credit reports to screen potential employees, Commissioner Victoria Lipnic of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced on…
The Ethical Investigator
Using Social Security Numbers to Root Out Employee Fraud
By Philip Segal
One of our most closely-guarded pieces of personal information, we nonetheless are obliged to divulge our Social Security numbers several times a year. You want a job? Hand it over.…
Labor & Employment Report
EEOC Criminal Background Checks
The EEOC recently issued another information discussion letter regarding pre-employment criminal background checks. Many employers conduct criminal background checks, and the EEOC has long-held that such screenings do not violate Title VII…