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backgroundchecks.com Legislation and Compliance Update - Employers Settle FCRA Documentation Class Actions for $5.9 Million Compliance and Legislation

backgroundchecks.com Legislation and Compliance Update - Employers Settle FCRA Documentation Class Actions for $5.9 Million

Legislation and Compliance Update that First Transit and First Student are apparently related companies that provide transportation services to school...

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Duke University Requiring Anyone Working with Minors to Complete a Background Check School and Education

Duke University Requiring Anyone Working with Minors to Complete a Background Check

Effective September 1st of this year, officials at Duke University in North Carolina are requiring everyone on campus who works in programs or activit...

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backgroundchecks.com Legislation and Compliance Update: OFCCP Directs Federal Contractors to Comply with EEOC Criminal History Guidance Compliance and Legislation

backgroundchecks.com Legislation and Compliance Update: OFCCP Directs Federal Contractors to Comply with EEOC Criminal History Guidance

Legislation Update that the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs issued a directive providing information to federal contractors and subcont

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Understanding Employee Theft and How to Stop It Employment

Understanding Employee Theft and How to Stop It

According to a study conducted by insurance provider Hiscox, United States businesses victimized by employee theft in 2016 lost an average of $1.13 mi...

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What Employers Need to Do: Background Checks Background checks for employers

What Employers Need to Do: Background Checks

It’s a question that virtually every employer has asked at one point or another: what do I need to do regarding employee background checks? Designing ...

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Employers Settle FCRA Documentation Class Actions for $5.9 Million FCRA Compliance

Employers Settle FCRA Documentation Class Actions for $5.9 Million

First Transit and First Student are apparently related companies that provide transportation services to school. They recently settled class action cl...

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Legislation and Compliance Update: FTC Releases Employer Guidance Compliance and Legislation

Legislation and Compliance Update: FTC Releases Employer Guidance

The Federal Trade Commission has released guidance for employers who use consumer reports for employment purposes. The guidance reminds that a report ...

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What makes a company a great place to work? Employment

What makes a company a great place to work?

In this infographic, we look at what it means to be one of the best workplaces in the United States. By parsing the most recent edition of Fortune’s “...

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D.C. Family Services Contractor Suffers Personal Data Breach Contractors

D.C. Family Services Contractor Suffers Personal Data Breach

Inner City Family Services, an agency that contracts for the Washington, D.C. Department of Behavioral Health, made headlines recently when a worker e...

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More Organizations Embracing Background Checks for Volunteer Positions Volunteer checks

More Organizations Embracing Background Checks for Volunteer Positions

Volunteers are critical contributors to the success of many organizations, particularly schools and youth athletic organizations. Many community effor...

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Employer's withdrawal of job offer to applicant causes class action suit to be filed - Electronic FCRA disclosures to prospective employees at issue FCRA Compliance

Employer's withdrawal of job offer to applicant causes class action suit to be filed - Electronic FCRA disclosures to prospective employees at issue

Recently, a new class action lawsuit was filed in the Eastern District of Virginia challenging electronic disclosures made by Kmart to a prospective j...

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EEOC Issues Updated COVID-19 Technical Assistance Publication EEOC

EEOC Issues Updated COVID-19 Technical Assistance Publication

On June 11, the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published a new COVID-19 technical assistance publication: “What You Shou...

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