Excerpted from WFMY News2 By CBS News Rover and Wag advertise “rigorous screening” and “background checks,” CBS News says. Wag and Rover nicknamed the “Uber for dogs” and “dog bnb,” offer on-demand...
Read More
Excerpted from The Morning Call story by Anthony Salamone Energy supplier Vista Energy Marketing faces a record fine for hiring door-to-door salespeople without criminal background checks in a case stemming from a Bucks County rape in...
Read More Excerpted from a Jackson Lewis blog by Diane Windholz and Damon W. Silver Following a five-day trial, a federal jury in Pennsylvania has awarded more than $6 million to a former Teva Pharmaceuticals employee. Middlebrooks v. Teva Pharmaceuticals...
Read More
Excerpted from an HR Dive blog by Jennifer Carsen A California district court has certified a class of approximately 5 million people who once applied to Walmart in a suit alleging background check violations (Pitre v. Walmart Stores, Inc., No...
Read More
Excerpted from an HR Dive blog by Jennifer Carsen Delta Air Lines has agreed to pay $2.3 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging it failed to provide approximately 44,000 applicants with a stand-alone background check disclosure, in...
Read More
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 More
Excerpted from a Lexology blog by Littler Mendelson PC Employers that use criminal record-screening policies must continue to be vigilant about compliance with all applicable laws and should know that the EEOC’s scrutiny of such policies, while...
Read More
Excerpted from a KPIX CBS story The San Francisco district attorney is suing Angie’s List for false advertising with regards to background checking their service providers, according to a civil complaint released Tuesday. The website...
Read More Excerpted from a Top Class Actions blog by Anne Bucher A $1.19 million settlement has been proposed in a class action lawsuit alleging Pepsi Beverages Company (PBC) violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) by procuring background reports for...
Read More
Excerpted from The National Law Review story by Carly Baratt Yesterday, the New York Attorney General (“NYAG”) announced a settlement with national retailer Aldo Group Inc. (“Aldo”) for violation of New York City’s “Ban the Box” law...
Read More
With the ever-increasing demand for background checks in today’s business world, new light has been shed on numerous regulations. These involve the ability of employers to obtain information on potential employees, and the major penalties that...
Read More
Many states and municipalities across the U.S. have enacted laws requiring the removal of criminal conviction history questions from job applications, otherwise known as the “Ban the Box” movement. Hypothetically, this could provide individuals...
Read More
