Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On October 28, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) – a government agency that is America’s primary privacy and data security enforcer – finalized a settlement with a data storage services company that allegedly deceived consumers about its participation in the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework that allows…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) – which is part of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) – has entered into agreements with two California-based federal technology contractors to resolve allegations of systemic pay discrimination against 391 female employees in several states. While not admitting…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn NEOGOV, which provides HR software for the public sector, will hold its 2020 Virtual CONNECT User Conference from October 28 to 29, 2020. For more information about the event sponsored by leading global background check provider Employment Screening Resources® (ESR), please visit www.neogov.com/connect. A note about the…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Consumer litigation involving the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) was up 9.3 percent from August 2020 to September 2020, up 5.5 percent from September 2019 compared to September 2020, and up 3.8 percent from January to September 2020 compared to January to September 2019, according to…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On October 23, 2020, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced it had cited 112 establishments for violations relating to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) that resulted in proposed penalties totaling $1,603,544 since the start of the pandemic through October 15, 2020, according to a news release from…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On October 22, 2020, a California appeals court ruled in a unanimous decision that Uber and Lyft must comply with a preliminary injunction requiring them to stop classifying their drivers as independent contractors so they receive the same protections and benefits as other workers at the transportation…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On October 22, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) – which works to protect and educate consumers – announced it had launched a new website at ReportFraud.ftc.gov where consumers may easily report fraud and all other consumer issues directly to the FTC, according to a press release…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On October 19, 2020, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) – a federal government agency that advances opportunity in the workplace by enforcing federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination – announced that Andrea R. Lucas was sworn in as a Commissioner of the EEOC. “I look forward…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On October 8, 2020, the United States District Court in the District of Maine ruled in Consumer Data Industry Association (CDIA) v. Frey & Lund that two 2019 amendments to the state’s credit reporting law were preempted by the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and granted…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Employment Screening Resources® (ESR) – a leading global background check firm – has been ranked first on the list of “Overall Enterprise Screening Leaders” for the 2020 HRO Today’s Baker’s Dozen Customer Satisfaction Ratings for Pre-Employment Screening. ESR also ranked first in “Enterprise Quality of Service Leaders”…
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