Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On October 16, 2016, a Florida woman filed a lawsuit against Lyft, Inc. and the company conducting background checks for the transportation network company (TNC) that claimed the companies violated the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) when “a mix-up in her background check cost her time…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On October 27, 2019, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) – an agency more commonly known as Cal/OSHA that helps protect the health and safety of employees in California workplaces – advised employers to protect workers from harmful exposure if the air quality is…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On October 23, 2019, the European Commission (EC) – which helps to implement the policies of the European Union (EU) – published its report on the third annual review of the functioning of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield the confirms that the United States continues to ensure an…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn People living in the District of Columbia (D.C.) are more vulnerable to identity theft and fraud than people living in the rest of America, according to a study that identified states where identity theft and fraud are worse by comparing data from the 50 states and D.C.…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On October 22, 2019, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) – the federal agency enforcing laws prohibiting employment discrimination – announced that Interim Healthcare of Wyoming will pay $50,000 to settle an equal pay discrimination lawsuit brought by the EEOC that claimed female nurses were paid…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On September 23, 2019, a District Court in Virginia granted a motion to dismiss a class action lawsuit where the plaintiffs – applicants who applied for jobs with Wells Fargo between August 17, 2012, and April 10, 2015 – claimed the defendant, a Consumer Reporting Agency (CRA)…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On October 18, 2019, a California federal judge decertified a class of approximately 6,547,400 applicants in a class action lawsuit against Walmart that claimed the retail giant procured background checks using disclosure forms that violated the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), finding the plaintiffs failed to…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The Professional Background Screening Association (PBSA) – a non-profit trade association founded in 2003 to represent the interests of companies offering background screening services – will hold its 2019 Asia Pacific (APAC) Annual General Meeting (AGM) Conference in Sydney, Australia from November 7 to 8, 2019. The…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Resumes based on achievement that describe clear and measurable outcomes “are the ones that get applicants noticed,” while resumes based on headlines or responsibility leave recruiters wondering exactly what applicants actually did at their previous jobs, according to a column on Inc.com. The column – authored by…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn In September of 2019, the Pennsylvania General Assembly passed the Construction Industry Employee Verification Act to prohibit the employment of unauthorized workers and to require construction industry employers to verify the Social Security numbers (SSNs) of employees with the E-Verify program. The Act – which became law…
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