Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On July 25, 2018, the Kansas City Council voted unanimously to pass an ordinance to remove the salary history question from applications for city jobs after several women’s groups asked the city to stop collecting salary history in the hiring process, according to a report from KCTV…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On July 23, 2018, the National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS) – a non-profit trade group representing companies offering background screening services – filed a lawsuit against a clerk in the Bentonville Division of the District Court of Benton County in Arkansas for allegedly refusing “to…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Attorney Lester Rosen, founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of global background check firm Employment Screening Resources® (ESR), will present the live webinar “Liar Liar: How Employers Can Legally Identify and Guard Against Costly Résumé Fraud” with business intelligence provider Center For Competitive Management (C4CM) on Wednesday, August…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On July 18, 2018, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law legislation, Assembly Bill 2282 (AB 2282), to clarify the state’s existing law – AB 168, which was signed into law in October 2017 – that prohibits inquiries by employers into the salary history information of job…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn A subsidiary of food and beverage giant PepsiCo has agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle a class action lawsuit that claimed the company violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) “by procuring background reports for employment purposes without making certain required disclosures,” Top Class Actions reports.
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Employment Screening Resources® (ESR) will co-sponsor a complimentary webinar entitled “Managing Form I-9 Compliance in an Era of Enhanced Workforce Enforcement” presented by Human Resources (HR) technology provider EMP Trust HR on Thursday, July 26, 2018, at 2:00 PM Eastern Time (11:00 AM Pacific Time).
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On July 13, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed against State Farm for alleged violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) by an applicant who claimed he was not allowed to review incorrect information on…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn A suspected “Rideshare Rapist” arrested for allegedly raping four women while posing as a rideshare driver after he fraudulently represented himself to pass a background check to drive for ridesharing company Lyft even though he was an undocumented immigrant shows the need for a thorough background check…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On July 12, 2018, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) – a U.S. government agency promoting consumer protection – testified before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee that “vigorous” enforcement of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) remains a top priority and outlined efforts to educate…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Transportation network company (TNC) Uber is performing continuous background checks on some of its drivers in the United States in an effort to improve safety for its riders after a CNN investigation found more than 100 Uber drivers were accused of sexual assault in the past four…
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