Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Since 2008, Employment Screening Resources® (ESR) has selected the highly anticipated annual “ESR Top Ten Background Check Trends” that have substantially impacted the future of the background screening industry. For the 14th annual list, ESR will present a complimentary webinar titled “ESR Top Ten Background Check Trends…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn In March 2021, the three nationwide consumer credit reporting agencies – Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion – announced they were extending free weekly credit reports to Americans for an additional year until April 20, 2022, to continue to help people across the country manage their financial health during…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn In April of 2021, Retired Army Lieutenant General Russel Honoré, the leader of a task force reviewing security failures during the insurrection at the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, “said he continues to support recommendations for conducting background checks on everyone working at the Capitol”…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On March 25, 2021, a District Judge in a Missouri federal court denied a motion to dismiss the class action lawsuit HOOD v. ACTION LOGISTIX, LLC that alleged violations of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) during a background check by finding that a “technical” procedural…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On March 31, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) – which empowers consumers to take more control over their economic lives – announced it was rescinding seven policy statements issued in 2020 including a “Rescission of Statement of Policy on Supervisory and Enforcement Practices Regarding the…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On March 31, 2021, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA) which, effective immediately, legalized the recreational use of marijuana products for adults in the state aged 21 or older, according to a news release on the website of…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On March 26, 2021, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) – which enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination – filed a lawsuit that claimed a School District in New York violated federal law by paying lower wages to a female superintendent than to a male superintendent…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Total nonfarm employment in the United States rose by 916,000 jobs and the unemployment rate edged down to 6.0 percent in March 2021 as the labor market continued to reflect the ongoing recovery from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, according to the jobs report from the U.S. Bureau…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has announced the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will extend the flexibilities in rules related to Form I-9 compliance due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic – which were set to expire on March 31, 2021 – until May 31,…
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…
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