Safe Hiring Expert to Discuss Use of Criminal Convictions in Employment at 2013 ABA Annual Meeting in San Francisco

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Attorney Lester S. Rosen, Founder and CEO of background check firm Employment Screening Resources® (ESR), will discuss the ‘Use of Criminal Convictions in Employment’ on Friday, August 9, 2013 for the Section of Labor and Employment Law at the 2013 American Bar Association (ABA) Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA. The panel discussion will take place…

Latest Developments in Pre-Employment Background Screening Discussed in Webinar on July 2

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Attorney and safe hiring expert Lester S. Rosen, Founder and CEO of Employment Screening Resources® (ESR), will participate in a live 90 minute Continuing Legal Education (CLE) webinar ‘Pre-Employment Background Screening: Latest Developments’ on Tuesday, July 2, 2013 from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM EDT. For more information about this webinar from Strafford, which will…

FTC Approves Final Order Settling Charges against Criminal Background Check Report Marketers

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has approved a final order settling charges that Filiquarian Publishing LLC, Choice Level LLC, and their CEO operated as a consumer reporting agency (CRA) that provided criminal background check reports to be used for employment decisions without taking consumer protection measures required by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).  A…

Immigration Bill in Senate Would Require Employers to Use E-Verify Employment Eligibility Verification System

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A comprehensive immigration bill introduced in the Senate – S. 744 – would require all U.S. employers to use E-Verify, a free web-based employment eligibility verification system that compares information from the Employment Eligibility Verification, Form I-9 all newly hired workers must complete to records in Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Social Security Administration…

Company Pays Over 13 Million Dollars to Settle Suit Alleging Background Check Reports Were Sold to Debt Collectors

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A U.S. company providing risk management solutions has agreed to pay $13.5 million and overhaul its background check search product to settle a national class action suit that claimed the firm sold background check reports to debt collectors without following consumer protection laws, according to a report in the Dayton (OH) Daily News that cites the…

New EEOC Criminal Record Guidance Subject of Session at SHRM Conference in Albuquerque on February 25

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Attorney Lester Rosen, a safe hiring expert and founder and CEO of background check firm Employment Screening Resources (ESR), will present a session titled ‘Practical Steps to Comply with the New Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Criminal Record Guidance’ at the 2013 Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) NM Employment Law & Legislative Conference in…

DOL Office of Contract Compliance Programs Issues Directive on Use of Criminal Records for Background Checks

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The Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has issued a new Directive on ‘Complying with Nondiscrimination Provisions: Criminal Record Restrictions and Discrimination Based on Race and National Origin.’ The OFCCP Directive advises federal contractors and subcontractors about potential discriminatory liability resulting from using criminal records for employment background checks and warns…

Allegation of Failure to Update FCRA Compliance Forms by National Retailer Leads to 3 Million Dollar Settlement

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A large national retailer has settled an employment class action lawsuit for $3 million that alleged the company violated the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) by failing to send proper notices to nearly 65,000 plaintiffs who were job applicants. More detailed information about the settlement reached in Pitt v. KMart Corp., Case No. 11-cv-00697…