The applicant screening industry moves fast. Keep up with our Industry News blog, which presents breaking news items, culled from newspapers and trade publications, relating to legislation, case law, statistics and trends in applicant screening.
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Sacramento, California “bans the box”
Effective Jan. 1, 2017, private vendors and contractors with the city of Sacramento will no longer be permitted to include the check box that asks applicant’s to disclose prior criminal convictions on their job applications. Read More
Dish settles class action over background check procedures for $1.75M
The direct-broadcast satellite service provider and the company it used to procure consumer reports on job applicants were accused of violating several tenants of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act. Read More
Plaintiffs file motion to oppose dismissal of proposed FCRA class action against Petco
The plaintiff’s motion states that Petco hid its disclosure regarding the procurement of consumer reports among “reams of extraneous information beyond the required consumer report disclosure,” in violation of the FCRA’s “stand-alone” requirement. Read More
New Form I-9 receives approval
On Aug. 25, 2016, the Office of Management and Budget approved the final version of the new Form I-9, however, the form has yet to be released to the public. Read More
Frito-Lay settles FCRA class-action lawsuit for nearly $1M
The snack manufacturer agreed to pay nearly $1M to settle claims that it failed to provide notice to job applicants and employees prior to taking adverse employment action against them based on information in a consumer report. Read More