Client Portals
Although criminal histories can be among the most important for identifying potentially problematic employees, recent EEOC Guidelines elaborate on the use of criminal histories in hiring practices, and should not be ignored. These guidelines have made it incumbent…
Wegmans Food Markets has been accused of violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) in a lawsuit alleging the company failed to give proper notification to job applicants and employees prior to a routine consumer background screening process. The two accusers,…
A California federal judge on Monday said he would approve a McDonald’s operator’s $950,000 deal to end claims that it violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act by running credit checks on over 2,500 job applicants without making the disclosures required by…
A class action claiming Waffle House didn’t hire prospective employees based on false information garnered from background checks, will proceed, despite Waffle House trying to shut the case down. Lead plaintiff William Jones attempted to get a job at a Waffle…
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced settlements with two major national retailers, Big Lots Stores and Marshalls, to “Ban the Box” on initial employment applications at their Buffalo stores. The settlement will ensure that both companies comply…
An almost $3 million class action settlement was reached with Food Lion LLC and its parent company Delhaize America LLC to resolve allegations that the company used illegal background check procedures on its job applications, in violation of federal law. The Food Lion…
A group of job applicants say they support the almost $3 million class action settlement reached with Food Lion, LLC and its parent company Delhaize America, LLC over allegedly illegal background check procedures by the east coast grocery store chain. Lead plaintiff…
In a complaint filed January 15, 2015 in the Southern District of New York the Plaintiff – Alberto Rivera, a job applicant at a Bronx, NY location – alleges Pizza Hut violated the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) requirement that a “clear and…
A second class action lawsuit alleging improper background checks on job applicants was filed in federal court in Texas against the retail craft supply chain Michaels Stores Inc. The plaintiff argues that Michaels violated the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)…
Colin Speer hit Whole Foods Market Group, Inc. with a class action lawsuit in a Florida federal court alleging that the grocery store chain performs illegal background checks on prospective and existing employees in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Speer…