Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Avis has agreed to pay $2.7 million to settle a class action lawsuit that claims the car rental company allegedly violated the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) when conducting background checks on job applicants for employment purposes, according to a report on the TopClassActions.com website.
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn With the 2017 holiday season here, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) is helping consumers and donors shop smart and give wisely with a 2017 BBB Holiday Guide that offers information for a happy and safe holiday shopping season. The guide is on the BBB website at www.bbb.org/council/holiday-helper/.
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On November 15, 2017, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) – on behalf of a bipartisan group of Senators – introduced the “Fix NICS Act of 2017” to ensure federal and state authorities comply with existing law and accurately report relevant criminal history records to the National Instant Criminal…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Former job applicants who claim Waffle House violated the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) with background check reports have filed a new complaint that “consolidates claims brought by 23 plaintiffs in two Waffle House class action lawsuits filed earlier this year,” according to a report from TopClassActions.com.
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On November 6, 2017, Arizona governor Doug Ducey issued Executive Order 2017-07 to adopt new “Ban the Box” hiring procedures to provide a second chance and increased job opportunities to Arizonans who have served their time and been released, according to a news release on the Governor’s website.
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn A job applicant from Oregon has filed a class action lawsuit that claims superstore chain Fred Meyer allegedly failed to satisfy the requirements of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) when conducting background check reports on applicants, according to a report from Top Class Actions.
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has issued a final rule in the Federal Register that adds four semi-synthetic opioids – hydrocodone, oxycodone, hydromorphone, and oxymorphone – to its drug testing panel for DOT regulated industries, adds methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA) as an initial test analyte, and removes the testing…
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