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...
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Asheville, North Carolina, is eliminating any question about criminal convictions from most job applications, a change planned for some time in...
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In Lagos v. The Leland Stanford Junior University, the plaintiff alleged the defendant’s background check disclosure violated the FCRA...
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A poor hiring decision can vex an employer for a long time. As a result, employers are using preemployment background checks as an easy and cost...
MoreCalvin Klein PVH Corp. Illegal Background Check Class Action Settlement
A $716,400 class action settlement was reached with the owners of Van Heusen, Izod, G.H. Bass and Calvin Klein to resolve allegations that the...
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Organizations leverage background screening when hiring new employees in order to protect themselves from making a costly mistake. But candidates...
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...
MoreFlorida House Introduces Social Media Privacy Bill
The Florida House of Representatives has proposed a bill that will prohibit employers from requesting or requiring access to social media account...
MoreSocial Media Privacy Getting Another Look in Massachusetts Senate
The state Senate plans to renew its attempt to deliver social media privacy protections for students and employment candidates in Massachusetts...
MoreWisconsin Become Seventh State to Join E-Verify RIDE Program
On November 15, 2015, Wisconsin became the seventh state to participate in the Records and Information from DMV’s for E-Verify (RIDE) program...
MoreIncreased Prohibitions on Using “E-Verify” (AB 622)
Current California law prohibits the state, or any of its subdivisions, from requiring an employer to use electronic employment verifications...
MoreCompleting the Preparer and/or Translator Section of the Form I-9
The I-9 was supposed to be an easy, straightforward kind of document – a simple piece of paperwork to record that a company has verified its new...
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