Uber has agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by drivers over background checks conducted by the ride-hailing company. The case...
MoreWaffle House Must Face Class Employment Claims
A class action claiming Waffle House didn’t hire prospective employees based on false information garnered from background checks, will...
MoreU.S. Census Bureau Settles Hiring Lawsuit Over Criminal Histories
The U.S. Census Bureau has reached a $15 million settlement of a lawsuit claiming it discriminated against black and Hispanic job applicants with...
MoreDEA Will Announce Whether Marijuana Should Be Reclassified In First Half Of 2016
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) said it will decide in the first half of 2016 whether marijuana should be reclassified under federal...
MoreUber Settles Lawsuit With San Francisco and Los Angeles Over Driver Background Checks
Uber agreed to pay up to $25 million to settle a 2014 lawsuit filed by city officials in San Francisco and Los Angeles who argued that the ride...
MoreNew Law Requires Parent Volunteers to Have Background Checks
A state law, which went into effect in July, amended provisions of the Child Protective Services Law and requires as many as three background...
MoreCalifornia’s New E-Verify Law – Get it Right or Pay the Price
Under a new California law that took effect on January 1, 2016, California employers may face civil penalties of up to $10,000 for misusing...
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...
MoreCalifornia Law and Background Screening
The California Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether the Investigative Consumer Reporting Agencies Act (ICRAA) is unconstitutionally vague...
MoreBad Background Check Leads to Class Actions, Including Against Freeman Webb
A man who says he was wrongfully fired over false information in a background check has filed a pair of class-action lawsuits in federal court...
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