Plaintiff Jeremy R. Lusk has filed a class action lawsuit against Five Guys Burgers. The former employee claims the company violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and California labor law when it conducted background checks on employees without properly…
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Provider Hit with Class Action Lawsuit Over Inaccurate Background Check Report
IMG, doing business as Cathedral Health Care Center, an Indiana-based healthcare management group, has been accused of violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Michele Petry filed the class action lawsuit after a false background check report caused her to be denied…
Number of Employers Using Social Media to Screen Candidates at All-Time High, Finds Latest CareerBuilder Study
According to a national survey conducted on behalf of CareerBuilder by Harris Poll has revealed that 57 percent of employees are less likely to interview a candidate they can’t find online, while 54 percent have decided not to hire a candidate based on their social…
Delaware Joins Bandwagon Prohibiting Salary History Inquiries
In December, the state of Delaware will begin prohibiting employers from inquiring about the salary history of job applicants. An employer is not liable for an agent’s actions in contravention of the law if it informs the agent of these statutory requirements. He or…
Business Group Files Amended Complaint in Lawsuit Challenging Philadelphia Wage History Law
The Philadelphia Wage History Ordinance, scheduled to take effect in May, has been subject to a federal court stay pending resolution of a lawsuit for a preliminary injunction brought by the Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia. The Ordinance prohibits…
Real Estate Agent Accused in Killings Prompts New Law
South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster recently signed a bill into law that will require those who sell or manage property in the state to undergo a background check to renew their license. The law, which will go into effect in 2020, was prompted by last November’s…
Are You Ready for the European General Data Protection Regulation? A Practical Checklist for Employers
In what will replace the Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC, employers located or with staff in the European Union (EU) will need to comply with a new data protection law. Regulation (EU) 2016/679 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of…
Federal Agencies Require Privacy Training for Contract Employees
In December, The Defense Department, the General Services Administration and the National Aeronautics and Space administration has made it a requirement for those contract employees who handle personally identifiable information to work with a system of records to…
Court Rejects Electronic I-9 Signature Argument
Although I-9 regulations permit employers to electronically generate, sign and store the Form I-9, these rules were drafted in broad terms and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has not published any guidance on what may or may not be considered a valid…
Medical Marijuana a High Cost to Employers?
It has been estimated that the number of registered medical marijuana users would increase 10-fold to 450,000 people by 2024. But with this uptake comes in increase in unexpected costs for employers. In Skinner v. Board of Trustees of the Canadian Elevator Industry…










