Excerpted from a Proskauer blog by Michelle A. Gyves, Erika C. Collins and Vanessa P. Avello As previously reported, New York has significantly heightened employers’ responsibilities with regard to the implementation of anti-sexual harassment...
Read MoreND – Background check waiver for child care
Excerpted from a Bismarck Tribune story by Blair Emerson Child care providers in North Dakota were left scrambling to comply with a new federal requirement mandating all staff and volunteers complete a fingerprint-based background check before...
Read MoreCourt holds screening on independent contractors not subject to FCRA requirements
Excerpted from a Troutman Sanders LLP blog by Cindy Hanson, David Anthony, Alan Wingfield, Timothy St. George and Patrick Dillard. A court in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa recently ruled that the protections...
Read MoreTexas employers take notice: Proposed bills for 2019
Excerpted from a Fisher Phillips blog by Felix Digilov The Texas Legislature does not officially convene until Jan. 8, 2019. But during the week of Nov. 12, Texas lawmakers got off to a furious start and submitted more than 600 bills to be...
Read MoreGroups call background check policy for school visitors discriminatory
Excerpted from a Reno Gazette Journal story by Siobhan McAndrew Civil rights and immigrant community leaders sent a letter to Washoe County School District Superintendent Traci Davis condemning a plan to background check all parents visiting...
Read MoreRecruiting scams on the rise!
Excerpted from a blog by Kathleen Porter of Robinson+Cole LLP. With more companies hiring over the past year, online recruiting scams have re-emerged to prey on job seekers and employers. The Better Business Bureau tracked more than 3,000...
Read MoreConfusing background check disclosures can get an employer in FCRA hot water!
Excerpted from a blog by Nadia Adams of Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP. On November 29, 2018, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision in Mitchell v. Winco Foods, No. 17-35998, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 33483 (9th Cir. Nov. 29, 2018); a...
Read MoreMinority drivers sue Amazon over background checks
Excerpted from an HRDive blog by Lisa Burden A group of black and Latino Amazon drivers have sued the e-commerce giant Amazon in Massachusetts state court, alleging that it discriminated against them when it fired them based on background check...
Read MoreBush legacy lives on through Americans With Disabilities Act
Excerpted from a blog by Connie Elder Carrigan of Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers LLP As tributes to former President George H.W. Bush’s legacy continue in the wake of his passing, I find myself reflecting on one particular piece...
Read MoreGroupOne to host booth at Oklahoma Hospital Association Convention, Dec. 5-7
GroupOne Background Screening will host a booth during the annual Oklahoma Hospital Association (OHA) Convention and Trade Show, December 5-7 at the Cox Convention Center & Renaissance Hotel in Oklahoma City. This year’s OHA Convention is...
Read MoreCan an outside investigation constitute a “consumer report” under FCRA?
Excerpted from a blog by Shelton Sterling Laney, III of Womble Bond Dickinson, LLP The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, in the case of Rivera v Allstate Ins. Co., 907 F.3d 1031 (7th Cir. 2018), recently wrestled with a novel question under the...
Read MoreLawmakers concerned by lowered background check requirements for Tornillo staff
Excerpted from a Texas Standard blog by Becky Fogel Several Texas lawmakers are raising concerns about the safety of migrant children detained in the Tornillo tent city in West Texas. An Associated Press investigation released this week revealed...
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