After receiving complaints from individuals around the country who have had trouble removing erroneous information or even learning about what is...
MoreFTC Releases Updated FCRA Guidance on Background Checks
The FTC released a new publication related to background checks and the FCRA titled What Employment Background Screening Companies Need to Know...
MoreProposed Amendments To Fair Credit Reporting Act
Two new bills affecting credit reporting and the use of credit reports for employment purposes are working their way through Congress. If passed...
MoreWisconsin Employers Targeted For Technical Violations of The Fair Credit Reporting Act
Within the past year, one Wisconsin resident has filed several class-action lawsuits against Wisconsin employers. In each case, the plaintiff...
MoreStudy: Credit-Check Bans Lead To More Bias
A new study finds that when employers are prohibited from looking into applicants’ financial history, African-Americans become more likely to be...
MoreTechnical Violation of FCRA Enough to Continue Suit Against Sprint
Reiterating the need for employers to ensure compliance with every word of the FCRA, an Illinois judge let a suit proceed against Sprint over...
MoreIf Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Obtained Your Consumer Report in Connection to a Job Application, you Could Receive Money from a Class Action Settlement
Wells Fargo will pay twelve million dollars related to allegations for obtaining consumer reports (background checks) in connection with job...
MoreFederal Courts Increase Scrutiny of Employer Compliance with the FCRA’s Adverse Action Requirements
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...
MoreWithin Reach
Organizations leverage background screening when hiring new employees in order to protect themselves from making a costly mistake. But candidates...
MorePhony Job Applicants Targeting Employers Based on Technical Violations of Federal Background Check Law
Claims brought against employers under the FCRA arising out of one aspect or another of employers’ background investigation procedures have...
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...
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