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No Need For Businesses To Fear ‘Ban The Box’ Measure, Employment Attorney Says
Louisville has joined the ranks of cities to enact an ordinance prohibiting employers from asking job applicants about their criminal backgrounds...
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Fingerprints and Photos Could be Part of Background Check Record
Many jobs require background checks on applicants, including for those who would have direct contact with vulnerable adults. However, as more data...
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5 Ways to Prevent Negligent Hiring Claims
With the ever-growing driver shortage looming, many motor carriers are lowering their hiring standards to fill their empty trucks. No company...
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Statewide Ban the Box Reducing Unfair Barriers to Employment of People With Criminal Records
Nationwide, over 50 cities and counties have now taken the critical step of removing unfair barriers to employment in their hiring policies...
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Wisconsin Adopts Password Protection Law
Wisconsin has become the thirteenth state to enact a law limiting the circumstances under which employers may request or require access to the...
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Sixth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of EEOC Credit Check Case and Rejects “Homemade” Method of Determining Race by “Eye-Balling” Photos
The Sixth Circuit affirmed a lower court order granting summary judgment in favor of Kaplan in a high-profile credit check lawsuit that the EEOC...
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Joining Other States and Localities, Indianapolis “Bans the Box” for City Vendors and Further Restricts Criminal Background Inquiries
Mayor Gregory A. Ballard recently signed an ordinance that generally prohibits the Consolidated City of Indianapolis and Marion County...
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Beyond Credit Reporting: The Extension of Potential Class Action Liability to Employers under the Fair Credit Reporting Act
The provisions of FCRA apply to any business entity that seeks to use a “consumer report” – which broadly includes anything from...
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Two Data Brokers Settle FTC Charges That They Sold Consumer Data Without Complying With Protections Required Under the FCRA
Two data brokers have agreed to settle FTC charges that they violated the FCRA by providing reports about consumers to users such as prospective...
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Efforts to Close Loophole that Kept Sex Offender Working at School
Background checks are supposed to weed out the questionable employees, and, in most cases, they do. Still, it doesn’t catch crimes committed...
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Running Criminal Background Checks? Be Careful, at Least in the Big Apple
While criminal background checks are a common part of the hiring process for many companies, there has been legal pushback lately with federal and...
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