This year’s Enforcement Report, prepared by DataGuidance’s team of Privacy Analysts in collaboration with their network of legal...
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Global Privacy Enforcement Report 2015
Washington Court Dismisses Medical Marijuana Claims Asserted by Employee
Another Washington court has held that an employer lawfully may terminate an employee for using marijuana, even when the employee had a...
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Employee Termination Upheld Due to Failure to Comply with Employer’s Prescription Medication Policy
A federal court in Utah upheld the termination of an employee who did not disclose his use of prescription medication in accordance with his...
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Gill-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...
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Sterling 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...
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Portland, Oregon Bans the Box
Portland’s City Council unanimously passed new rules that will significantly affect an employer’s ability to obtain and use criminal history...
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Nashville Joins Other Cities in Ban the Box Movement
Metro’s Civil Service Commission voted unanimously in favor of a movement called Ban the Box. Nashville will join about 100 cities and 16 states...
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California Law and Background Screening
The California Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether the Investigative Consumer Reporting Agencies Act (ICRAA) is unconstitutionally vague...
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Bad 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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Phony 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...
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Testing Employer Background Screening Practices
Changes in federal sentencing guidelines will result in the early release of thousands of inmates from prison over the next several years. The...
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Hoosier Daddy? Background Checks Not Subject to Indiana Sales Tax
The Indiana Department of Revenue concluded that a company’s employment screening and background checking services are not subject to sales tax...
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