Paramount Slapped With Class Action Over Credit Reports For Job Applicants

Paramount Slapped With Class Action Over Credit Reports For Job Applicants

Paramount Slapped With Class Action Over Credit Reports For Job Applicants

Looks like there was something prickly buried in the fine print for one prospective employee and maybe many more. Paramount Pictures has been hit with a lawsuit over allegedly not telling job applicants exactly how deep into their past it intends to look. “This class action alleges that certain policies and practices followed by Defendants Paramount Pictures Corporation and the Doe Defendants in furnishing, using, procuring, and/or causing to be procured consumer reports for employment purposes violate the provisions of the Fair Credit Reporting Act,” said the complaint from Michael Peikoff filed in federal court Wednesday ( read it here ).

Source: http://deadline.com/

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