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5/18/2018
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Ban the Box ,
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State Labor Laws
Georgia has enacted a new law implementing a comprehensive program of background checks for Georgia long-term care facilities. The “Georgia Long-term Care Background Check Program” consolidates three existing background check...more
This week’s news flash – a quick overview of timely background screening and immigration-related news that is important to your organization.
1. This week the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to allow partial implementation of...more
This week’s news flash – a quick overview of timely background screening and immigration-related news that is important to your organization.
- This week Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) introduced the FCRA Liability...more
This week’s news flash – a quick overview of timely background screening and immigration-related news that is important to your organization.
1. Massachusetts employers and consumer reporting agencies (i.e., background...more
Arnall Golden Gregory LLP is pleased to provide you with the Compliance News Flash, brought to you each Friday. This weekly update is your source for timely background screening and immigration-related news that is important...more
Are you an employer that conducts pre-employment background checks for new hires, or maybe background checks for existing employees for promotion, reassignment or retention purposes? Ever randomly wonder if you can use that...more
This week’s news flash – a quick overview of timely background screening and immigration-related news that is important to your organization.
1. On February 28 at 3 pm EST Montserrat Miller, a Partner with Arnall Golden...more
A series of recent class action complaints against employers leads me to write about what employers can do to mitigate risk with respect to their background screening program.
I’m talking about pre-employment background...more
This week’s news flash – a quick overview of timely background screening and immigration-related news that is important to your organization.
1. Expect activity at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in...more
This is the first in a series of Friday news flashes – five short legal compliance matters you should know about that may help your organization.
1. Know Before Your Hire: 2017 Employment Screening Trends – Roy Maurer...more
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) recently issued guidance applicable to background screening companies (aka consumer reporting agencies) who engage in tenant screening. The FTC highlights four key responsibilities of...more
Background checks for employment screening purposes may contain different information. Most common would be the use of criminal history information, but there are times when an employer requests that their background...more
After a battle of motions between the parties, on August 9th a Wisconsin federal judge dismissed a proposed class action for alleged violations under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) against Cory Groshek. Why is this...more
Yesterday I attended an interesting webinar regarding Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) developments. Susan Camp Stocks from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Katherine Ripley White from the Federal Trade...more
On May 16, 2016, the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, a case that the background screening community has watched with great interest, as the Supreme Court has been asked to decide...more
The Supreme Court has vacated the decision in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins and remanded it to the Ninth Circuit. Apparently, the Justices felt that the Ninth Circuit botched their legal analysis and is sending it back for a “do...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) just issued guidance for companies providing employment screening services. According to the FTC, they have “created new guidance for businesses aimed at giving employment background...more
Maryland requires consumer reporting agencies to register with the Office of the Commissioner of Financial Regulation if you “intend to conduct consumer credit reporting services in the State of Maryland.”
Last week I...more
Rhode Island has a quirky statute that arguably requires any consumer reporting agency who provides credit reports or information to state residents to register with the Department of State – Business Services Division. I...more
Nineteen companies joined President Obama as founding companies of the White House’s Fair Chance Business Pledge. According to the White House Fact Sheet, “The pledge represents a call-to-action for all members of the...more
The Affordable Care Act provides grants to states to implement background check programs for prospective long-term-care employees in settings such as nursing facilities, home health agencies and hospices....more
This blog is created with content straight from the National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS) and a Member Advisory which all background screening companies should read. The Member Advisory was posted...more
Happy post-Thanksgiving! News flash for the background screening industry as well as users of background checks in California. The California Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether the Investigative Consumer Reporting...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it has taken action against two large background screening companies. Yes, you are reading this correctly. The CFPB…not the Federal Trade Commission, has taken...more