A Clean Slate—to What Effect?
Excerpted from a City Journal Blog by Robert VerBruggen In recent years, legislators and advocates have repeatedly sought to make people with criminal records more employable, including by wiping out […]
What if a candidate disputes a background check?
As we tell our clients at GroupOne Background Screening, a background check is a basic part of the hiring process. Simply put, we acquire the candidate’s info and provide the […]
FCRA preempts state defamation claim over background check
Excerpted from an Epstein Becker Green Blog by Adam S. Forman, Alexander J. Franchilli and Janae Barrett Recently, the Sixth Circuit found that the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) preempted […]
Court case details simple FCRA violation could be costly
As we often say at GroupOne Background Screening, “Know the rules, especially when it involves Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).” Due diligence is always important. We ran across a recent […]