Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn Just in time for Halloween, anonymous company review website Glassdoor has released an employer branding survey that reveals five reasons why job candidates get spooked during their journey through the hiring pipeline and “ghost” employers by withdrawing from the process altogether, according to a blog about the survey.…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn On October 7, 2022, United States President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order that outlined steps the U.S. government will take to implement a new data privacy framework for data transfers between the European Union (EU) and the United States (U.S.) that will replace the invalidated EU-U.S. Privacy…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) – the research, evaluation, and development agency of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) – has published an article titled “Expungement: Criminal Records as Reentry Barriers” that shows how expungement of a criminal record “can help open the door to a second…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) – the nation’s consumer protection agency – has released the final agenda for its seventh annual PrivacyCon event which will take place online starting at 9:00 AM Eastern Time on Tuesday, November 1, 2022, according to a press release from the FTC. PrivacyCon…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn An American retailer has asked a federal judge in New Jersey to toss a proposed class action lawsuit since the state’s law prohibiting employers from refusing to hire job seekers because of off-duty marijuana use can only be enforced by the state and not by individual workers with…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn On October 20, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued guidance to consumer reporting companies (CRAs) on “Fair Credit Reporting & Facially False Data” concerning their obligation to screen for and eliminate obviously false “junk data” from consumer credit reports, according to a news release from the…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have announced an extension of the flexibility in complying with requirements related to “Form I‑9, Employment Eligibility Verification” due to the continued safety precautions related to COVID-19 until July 31, 2023. The temporary flexibility…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn On October 3, 2022, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released an updated “Know Your Rights” poster to replace the previous “EEO is the Law” poster and covered employers are required by federal law to prominently display the poster at their work sites, according to a press…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn Three nationwide consumer reporting agencies (NCRAs) – Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion – may have been less responsive to consumer disputes of credit reports during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a letter from the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Dated…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn An American online retailer and its background screening provider are facing a proposed class action lawsuit claiming alleged illegal use of a California sex offender website to conduct background checks on job applicants in violation of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and state law, according to…
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