In the last two years, the number of employment class actions under the federal FCRA has ballooned. Most of the cases reported in the media have...
MoreCourt Declines to Dismiss FCRA Claim Based on Presence of State Law Notices in Background Check Disclosure
In Lagos v. The Leland Stanford Junior University, the plaintiff alleged the defendant’s background check disclosure violated the FCRA...
MoreEmployers: Check the Law Before Checking an Applicant’s Background
A poor hiring decision can vex an employer for a long time. As a result, employers are using preemployment background checks as an easy and cost...
MoreCalvin Klein PVH Corp. Illegal Background Check Class Action Settlement
A $716,400 class action settlement was reached with the owners of Van Heusen, Izod, G.H. Bass and Calvin Klein to resolve allegations that the...
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Organizations leverage background screening when hiring new employees in order to protect themselves from making a costly mistake. But candidates...
MoreBackground Checks More Cumbersome Than Ever
With companies facing hacking and age-old threats like workplace violence, a thorough system for screening out problem employees is more important...
MoreGill-Turner Bill to End Employment Discrimination Based on Credit History Clears Senate
A bill sponsored by Senator Nia H. Gill and Senator Shirley K. Turner that would end employment discrimination based on an individual’s credit...
MoreSterling Background Check Class Action Settlement Gets Final OK
U.S. District Judge Lorna G. Schofield agreed to the terms of the Sterling class action settlement, which ends allegations that the background...
MoreTesting Employer Background Screening Practices
Changes in federal sentencing guidelines will result in the early release of thousands of inmates from prison over the next several years. The...
MoreJob Applicant’s Class Action Says Sprint’s Employment Credit Report Disclosures Don’t Comply with Federal Law
A Chicago man believes Sprint violated federal law in disclosure forms it provided him before checking his credit when he was applying for a job...
MoreWaffle House Faces Lawsuit Over Claims of Unfair Usages of Background Checks
A Florida man is suing Waffle House claiming it unfairly used background checks and denied his employment application. William Jones filed a class...
MoreBig Lots Accused of Background Check Violations
Discount retail chain Big Lots Stores Inc. was hit with a proposed class action suit alleging it routinely violated federal law in the way it...
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