Client Portals
Organizations leverage background screening when hiring new employees in order to protect themselves from making a costly mistake. But candidates are also protected by federal laws, like the FCRA that help regulate background reports by promoting accuracy and privacy…
With companies facing hacking and age-old threats like workplace violence, a thorough system for screening out problem employees is more important than ever. But a laudable push by policymakers to get people “back to work” and make progress on issues such…
A bill sponsored by Senator Nia H. Gill and Senator Shirley K. Turner that would end employment discrimination based on an individual’s credit history or financial status was approved by the full Senate. The bill (a substitute for S-524 and S-1130) would prohibit an…
U.S. District Judge Lorna G. Schofield agreed to the terms of the Sterling class action settlement, which ends allegations that the background check company violated the FCRA by providing outdated information to employers, which resulted in a loss of employment. Lead…
Changes in federal sentencing guidelines will result in the early release of thousands of inmates from prison over the next several years. The lack of employment is generally recognized as a factor that causes recidivism for ex-offenders, and there is increased…
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. And since he believes the company has done the same with others, he has asked a judge to allow him to bring a class action…
A Florida man is suing Waffle House claiming it unfairly used background checks and denied his employment application. William Jones filed a class action lawsuit on Oct. 1 in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Orlando Division against Waffle…
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 executed background checks on employees. The suit filed in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas alleges the company…
A recent class action lawsuit against Amazon is at least the second of its kind to be filed against the company in the last six months. Plaintiff Theo Feldstein alleges he was initially offered a job working for Amazon but the offer was withdrawn after the company…
A class action lawsuit alleging improper background checks on job applicants was filed in federal court in California against the retail giant Kohl’s Department Stores Inc. Lead plaintiff, Kayonie Coleman, alleges in her class action lawsuit that Kohl’s…