Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On June 10, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that a department store retail chain agreed to pay a civil penalty of $220,000 to settle allegations that the retailer violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) “by refusing to provide complete records of transactions to consumers…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On June 8, 2020, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) – an administration within the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) – declared that the continuing Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic warranted the extension and modification of Emergency Declaration No. 2020-002 to continue the pre-employment drug testing exemption set…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn A bill titled the “Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act (HEROES Act)” awaiting consideration in the U.S. Senate would amend changes the “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act)” made to the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19)…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The May 2020 jobs report that showed the United States economy added a surprising 2.5 million jobs while the unemployment rate declined to 13.3 percent despite the effects of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that caused a record loss of 20.5 million jobs in April 2020 also contained…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On June 3, 2020, the Oregon Secretary of State Audits Division released an audit titled “Oregon Department of Education, Oregon Department of Human Services, and Oregon State Police: Oregon Should Improve Child Safety by Strengthening Child Care Background Checks and the State’s Sex Offender Registry” that found…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The United States economy added a surprising 2.5 million jobs while the unemployment rate declined to 13.3 percent in May 2020 despite the effects of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that caused a record loss of 20.5 million jobs in April 2020, according to the jobs report from the…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Some people who found work at a time of record-setting job losses have had trouble starting their new jobs because the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic “has caused background checks to be delayed at some local courts, including San Francisco’s,” according to a report from the San Francisco Chronicle.…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn With the April 2020 jobs report revealing record-setting job losses and a rising unemployment rate due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that left many job seekers looking for work, a survey of U.S. employers was undertaken “to determine which personal branding activities are the most valued during…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Attorney Lester Rosen, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Employment Screening Resources® (ESR), will co-present a webinar with Timothy St. George, a Partner at Troutman Sanders LLP, titled “Background Checks: Required Disclosures, Notices Prior to Adverse Action, and More” on Thursday, June 25, 2020, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On May 28, 2020, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) – an agency of the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) dedicated to keeping the American workforce safe and healthy – testified before the House Education and Labor Committee’s Workforce Protections Subcommittee about the agency’s role during…
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