In a state court in Manhattan, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) sued a class of companies it said were...
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U.S. Lawsuit Claims Companies Illegally Refused to Hire Ex-Cons
Food Lion Job Applicants Class Action Settlement
An almost $3 million class action settlement was reached with Food Lion LLC and its parent company Delhaize America LLC to resolve allegations...
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Cook County, Illinois Amends Human Rights Ordinance to Limit Credit Checks
Cook County, Illinois enacted a bill (No. 15-3088) that amends the Cook County Human Rights Ordinance to restrict employers from asking about or...
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Fourth Circuit Deals Body Blow To EEOC Hiring Check Enforcement Litigation
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit dealt a lethal blow to the EEOC’s hiring check enforcement litigation inEEOC v. Freeman...
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Class Action Trends in Virginia: Employment Background Reports
Forty percent of the consumer class actions filed in Virginia in 2014 alleging violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”)...
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Genesis Healthcare improperly uses background checks, federal lawsuit charges
Genesis Healthcare hired plaintiff Doris Ramos in July 2014 to work as an occupational therapist, then rescinded the job offer after a background...
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Role Reversal! EEOC Must Disclose its Own Background Check Policy to the Employer it’s Suing
The EEOC has been ordered by a federal court to turn over its own background check policy to an employer whom it is suing for a criminal...
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Michaels Hit with Background Check Class Action Lawsuit
On Dec. 4,2014 Christina Graham, a resident of New Jersey, filed a background check class action lawsuit against Michaels Stores Inc., lawsuit...
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Whole Foods Hit With Illegal Background Check Class Action
Colin Speer hit Whole Foods Market Group, Inc. with a class action lawsuit in a Florida federal court alleging that the grocery store chain...
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Staffing Companies Hit with Background Check Class Action Lawsuit
Lead plaintiff Michael Craig Mitchell alleges in his class action lawsuit against two Maryland staffing companies, Allegis Group Inc. and its...
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Terminating an Employee for Not Fully Disclosing His Criminal History in an Application for Employment Did Not Violate the Pennsylvania Criminal History Record Information Act
InMcCorkle v. Schenker Logistics, Inc., 2014 WL 5020598 (M.D. Pa. October 8, 2014), the court held that terminating an employee for not fully...
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Class Action Filed Against Washington Metro Over Background Checks of African Americans
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has been named in a lawsuit after the class members claim its background check policies are...
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