Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On March 30, 2021, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) heard oral arguments in the case of TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez that involved alleged violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) to consider whether either Article III of the United States Constitution or Federal…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Attorney Lester Rosen, founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Employment Screening Resources® (ESR), will speak to members of the Professional Background Screening Association (PBSA), a non-profit trade group representing background screening firms, and other participants during the Virtual 2021 PBSA Mid-Year Legislative and Regulatory Conference taking…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On March 12, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) – an agency of the United States Department of Labor (DOL) dedicated to keeping the American workforce safe and healthy – launched a COVID-19 National Emphasis Program (NEP) to focus enforcement efforts on companies that put…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On March 23, 2021, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed “The Employee Background Fairness Act” (Senate Bill 1480) into law to add a new section to the Illinois Human Rights Act (IHRA) that will impact employers under the state’s “Ban the Box” law and prevent them from discriminating…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Do you really know who you’re hiring? Attorney Lester Rosen, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of leading global background check firm Employment Screening Resources® (ESR), will present a webinar titled “Lies and Resumes” hosted by Aurora Training Advantage to alert employers about the dangers of resume…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Attorney Lester Rosen, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of leading global background check firm Employment Screening Resources® (ESR), and Dawn Standerwick, ESR Vice President of Strategic Growth, will present a live webinar titled “Update to Health Care Background Screening and How to Reduce Hiring Risk” on…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The Professional Background Screening Association (PBSA) – a non-profit trade group representing background screening firms worldwide – is asking employers and Human Resources (HR) professionals to complete its “5th Annual Background Screening Industry Survey” regarding their use of employment background screening services no later than May 5,…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On March 11, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) – a government agency that empowers consumers to take more control over their economic lives – announced it was rescinding its January 24, 2020, “Statement of Policy Regarding Prohibition on Abusive Acts or Practices” to better protect…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On February 16, 2021, a federal magistrate judge in California approved a settlement of nearly $175,000 in a class action lawsuit claiming a violation of the “stand-alone” disclosure requirement of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) which requires a person seeking to procure a consumer report for…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On March 12, 2021, a lawsuit was filed against FedEx by a job applicant who claimed the delivery company violated New York City’s Fair Chance Act (FCA) that protects people with criminal records from discrimination “when it checked his criminal history before deciding whether to offer him…
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