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Effective July 1, 2015, a new law in Georgia – House Bill 328 (HB 328) – will enact similar protections offered to consumers under Section 613 of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Georgia HB 328 will amend Part 2 of Article 15 of Chapter 1 of…
A federal court in Virginia has denied a motion for summary judgment in a class action complaint that claims Wells Fargo Bank violated the FCRA when performing background checks on job applicants by coding some as “ineligible” prompting adverse action and…
A St. Louis, Missouri woman has filed a lawsuit against the “big three” credit reporting agencies – Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion – for declaring her “deceased” in her credit files and making it impossible for her to receive…
The city of Wichita, Kansas has joined the Ban the Box movement by implementing a new program called the Fair Chance Initiative where public sector job applications will no longer ask candidates to check a box if they have a felony conviction. The Ban the Box program…
A South Carolina Congressman has introduced the Background Check Completion Act in the U.S. House of Representatives to close a loophole that allowed the purchase of a gun allegedly used to kill nine people at a church in Charleston in June 2015, according to a press…
Fair Credit reporting Act (FCRA) class action lawsuits rose 26.8% from May 2015 to June 2015, and FCRA class action lawsuits rose 67.4% in June 2015 over June 2014, according Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Complaint Statistics. The CFPB Complaint…
The Fair Credit Reporting Act isn’t just about credit. If your company uses background checks in making personnel decisions, the FTC reminds you of your obligations under the FCRA. In honor of Throwback Thursday, here’s an unconventional old-school summary…
There is a growing movement to “Ban the Box” that has materialized in various states and local governments severely restricting, or absolutely prohibiting, the use of criminal background checks by employers. Over the past few years, the EEOC has challenged…
Over 100 states and cities across the United States have limited the use of an applicant’s criminal history in all but limited circumstances. Against this “ban the box” tsunami, some employers also have been attacked for not being aggressive enough…
For employers in the senior living and long-term care industry, criminal history information is a crucial tool in the hiring process. Various state and federal laws prohibit retirement communities from employing individuals who have been convicted of certain crimes…