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Legislators in Montana gave final approval to H.B. 342, which would limit an employer’s ability to access the personal social media accounts of applicants and employees. The bill now goes to Governor Steve Bullock’s office. If signed, Montana would become…
What do Whole Foods, Chuck E. Cheese, Michael’s Stores, Dollar General, Panera, Publix, and K-Mart have in common? Each of these companies has faced lawsuits (including class actions) under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”). Although Congress…
The Liars Index® reached its third highest rate since its inception in 1995, reaching 24.39% for the second half of 2014. “Nearly one in four resumes puffing their education claims is a rate too high to ignore”, said Jude Werra, CMC, president of the…
Forty percent of the consumer class actions filed in Virginia in 2014 alleging violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) relate to background reports for employment purposes. With one exception, all of the cases are against consumer reporting…
A January 2015 report from the National Employment Law Project (NELP) indicates that “almost one in three adults in the United States has a criminal record that will show up on a routine criminal background check. This creates a serious barrier to employment for…
The principal owners doing business as “Jefferson High School Online” and “Enterprise High School Online,” are permanently banned from marketing and selling academic degrees under settlements with the Federal Trade Commission. Defendants led…
Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibits public and private employers from discriminating against job seekers on the base of race, ethnicity, religion or gender, unless the employer can demonstrate a business necessity. These discriminations are widely…
“2013 was a gangbuster year for embezzlement in the United States, exceeding even 2012’s previous record pace,” says Christopher T. Marquet, author of The 2013 Marquet Report on Embezzlement, released in December 2014. Vermont topped the list of…
The D.C. Council unanimously passed a bill prohibiting employers from testing job applicants for marijuana until after they’ve made a conditional job offer. The bill would allow employers to test for pot after they offer someone a job as well as during…
Looks like there was something prickly buried in the fine print for one prospective employee and maybe many more. Paramount Pictures has been hit with a lawsuit over allegedly not telling job applicants exactly how deep into their past it intends to look. “This…