Uber Inc. has been hit with a putative class action in federal court in Newark claiming it violates the Fair Credit Reporting Act by using background reports in hiring decisions without allowing applicants to dispute entries in their reports. The case, Cuccinello v. Uber, was filed Sept. 2 on behalf of persons who applied for jobs with Uber and were subjects of an adverse employment action based on information from a consumer reporting agency. The suit claims Uber violated the FCRA by failing to give each applicant a copy of their report and a summary of their rights under the FCRA before the hiring decision was made. The suit is the latest in a series of class actions targeting Uber’s use of consumer credit reports to make employment decisions. Uber has been named in at least three other FCRA suits in federal court in San Francisco, where the company is headquartered, related to background checks on job applicants.
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