Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) – a United States government agency that works to protect and educate consumers – has submitted a report to Congress updating lawmakers on the agency’s efforts to educate consumers about their rights to dispute and correct errors in their credit reports under…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On April 27, 2020, Suffolk County in New York filed a “Ban the Box” law that will prohibit employers in the county with 15 or more employees from asking questions regarding or pertaining to the criminal convictions of job candidates during the application process. The Ban the…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On May 1, 2020, a class action complaint was filed in a New York district court that accused online grocery store FreshDirect “of categorically excluding from employment workers with certain types of criminal records, in violation of New York laws barring race and other discrimination,” Bloomberg Law…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On February 27, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Ramirez v. TransUnion, LLC – a class action lawsuit claiming violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) – “held that the punitive damages award was excessive in violation of constitutional due…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Total nonfarm payroll employment in the United States fell by a record 20.5 million jobs and the unemployment rate rose to 14.7 percent in April 2020, reflecting the effects of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the efforts to contain it, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported…
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 the author of “The Safe Hiring Manual,” will host a webinar titled “Why Background Checks are More than Just an Added Cost – Moving Towards Building Trust…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On May 10, 2020, a law passed by the New York City Council – Int. No. 1445-A – will take effect and prohibit employers in New York City from requiring prospective employees to submit to drug testing for the active ingredient in marijuana, tetrahydrocannabinols (THC), in their…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Team Rubicon, “a non-profit that has helped veterans respond to more than 500 humanitarian disasters during the past decade,” is engaging former service members to help reduce the risk of exposure to vulnerable communities that the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is posing to the United States, CNN reported.…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) – which oversees lawful immigration to the United States – has released a revised ‘M-274, Handbook for Employers: Guidance for Completing Form I-9’ with expanded information on properly completing the new ‘Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification.’ The revisions include updates…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On April 28, 2020, New York Attorney General Letitia James led a coalition of 22 attorneys general in reminding the nation’s three largest Consumer Reporting Agencies (CRA) that they will continue to enforce the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security…
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