Lowe’s hit with class action over alleged use of consumer reports for employment decisions
Excerpted from a Class Action blog by Erin Shaak Lowe’s Companies, Inc. faces a proposed class action that claims the home improvement retailer has unlawfully used job applicants’ consumer reports […]
Background Screening and Drug Testing 101, Winter Edition
We all remember the dreaded “101” courses in college, essential back-to-basics drudgery involving English, history and science. But here at GroupOne Background Screening, we believe education is a good thing. […]
Three costly background check mistakes – avoid those land mines!
Detail orientation, detail orientation, detail orientation – it’s a requirement for proper background screening. While this may not be headline news, we should all be reminded of this rule, and […]
Legal ruling provides good news for employers performing background checks
Excerpted from a Clingen Callow & McLean LLC blog by Ross I. Molho and Iman Eikram The United States Supreme Court recently held there must be a “concrete” harm before […]