Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On August 10, 2020, in a ruling that could possibly affect the “gig economy,” California Superior Court Judge Ethan Schulman ordered Uber and Lyft to reclassify their drivers from independent contractors to employees so they receive the same protections and benefits as other workers at transportation network…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On July 21, 2020, the United States District Court, District of Columbia issued an opinion in Mattiaccio v. DHA Group., Inc. that determined the Plaintiff had standing to pursue claims of Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) violations against his former employer after a background check was used…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On August 10, 2020, the U.S. Department of Commerce (DoC) and the European Commission issued a joint press statement to initiate discussions evaluating the potential for an enhanced EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework to comply with a judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On August 7, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York certified a proposed $1.28 million class settlement to resolve claims that Madison Square Garden (MSG) violated the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) by denying employment based on findings in criminal background…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Employment Screening Resources® (ESR) – a leading global background check provider – has announced that independent auditors conducting an SSAE 18 SOC (Service Organization Control) 2® Type 2 audit of ESR’s operations for the six month testing period of January 2020 through June 2020 have issued a…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Some drivers for two of the most popular transportation network companies (TNCs) in the United States – Uber and Lyft – may face suspension as the ongoing Coronaviris (COVID-19) pandemic causes numerous court closures that delay the background checks they need to work, according to a report…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The United States economy added 1.8 million jobs while the unemployment rate declined to 10.2 percent in July 2020, improvements reflecting the resumption of economic activity curtailed due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and efforts to contain it, according to the jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On July 24, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) – a government agency that enforces federal consumer financial law –announced plans to issue an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) later in 2020 on consumer-authorized access to financial records, according to a news release from the…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On July 24, 2020, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) issued a final rule revising and codifying Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDI Act) to allow greater employment opportunities for ex-offenders with certain minor criminal records in the banking industry, according to an FDIC…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Attorney Lester Rosen, the founder and CEO of leading global background check firm Employment Screening Resources® (ESR), will present a session for the Professional Background Screening Association (PBSA) at the first ever “virtual” 2020 PBSA Annual Conference due to the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Rosen– author of…
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