Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Attorney Lester Rosen, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Employment Screening Resources® (ESR), answered questions in an interview about presenting two sessions at the 2021 Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Annual Conference & Expo being held from September 9 to 12, 2021, in Las Vegas,…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Statistics tracked by WebRecon LLC revealed consumer ligation filed under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) decreased by 13.3 percent in July 2021, although FCRA filings year-to-date (YTD) from January through July 2021 increased by 6.5 percent compared to January through July 2020, according to WebRecon’s July…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On August 23, 2021, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed House Bills 4219 and 4220 to allow for the expungement of convictions for a first violation of operating while intoxicated (OWI) in certain cases to give non-repeat OWI offenders the opportunity for a second chance at a clean…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On August 11, 2021, the United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri ruled in the case of PUDIC v. DEPARTMENT STORES NATIONAL BANK on whether the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) preempted a claim under the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act (MMPA) arising from inaccurate reporting…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On August 20, 2021, a jury in a civil trial returned a verdict of $1 billion in a negligent hiring case after a trucking company hired “a dangerous driver” and “did little to nothing toward safety and background checks before letting their driver behind the wheel,” according…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On August 13, 2021, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed the “Empowering Public Participation Act” House Bill 1765 (HB 1765) that is designed to prevent police officers and others in law enforcement from conducting background checks on people attending and speaking at public meetings. The law took effect…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Several people have filed lawsuits claiming that drinking detox tea “ultimately led to them being fired from their jobs” after they failed required employment drug tests by testing positive for Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the chemical found in marijuana, according to a report from WSOC-TV Channel 9 in Charlotte,…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Dawn Standerwick, Vice President of Strategic Growth of global background check firm Employment Screening Resources® (ESR), will present a live webinar entitled “Legally Obtaining and Using Criminal Records, and the Impact of the EEOC and Ban the Box” on Tuesday, August 24, 2021, from 2:00 p.m. to…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn HR.com, the largest network of human resources (HR) professionals, has announced their “State of Legal, Compliance & Employment Law Advisory Board” for 2021, that will include Attorney Lester Rosen, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Employment Screening Resources® (ESR), according to an HR.com press release. Working…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Employment Screening Resources® (ESR) has issued a white paper entitled “What Employers Need to Know About Instant Clears” written by ESR founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Attorney Lester Rosen to reveal potential problems with “instant clears” that more quickly deliver a criminal result when the search…
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