A Florida man is suing Waffle House claiming it unfairly used background checks and denied his employment application. William Jones filed a class action lawsuit on Oct. 1 in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Orlando Division against Waffle House Inc., WH Capital LLC, The Source for Public Data LP, Publicdata.com, Shadowsoft Inc., Harlington-Straker Studio Inc., and Dale Bruce Stringfellow over claims of violating the FCRA. According to the complaint, Waffle House denied Jones employment due to this background check, which plaintiff argues had inaccuracies. However, Jones argues that Waffle House did not provide proper disclosures prior to running a background check on him, did not provide him of a copy of his background report prior to taking adverse actions, did not provide a separate post-adverse notice to him.
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Waffle House Faces Lawsuit Over Claims of Unfair Usages of Background Checks
Dec 1, 2015 | Background Check Compliance
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