LinkedIn Corp. was hit with a class action lawsuit alleging it violates the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) through its use of its “search for references” feature, which allows prospective employers to obtain information about job applicants. Enacted in 1970, the FCRA regulates the practices of consumer reporting agencies to ensure they protect the accuracy, […]

New Washington D.C. law governs timing of doing a criminal conviction investigation on an applicant. Most jurisdictions with “ban the box” legislation require that employers not ask about criminal convictions on their application. Rather, the criminal conviction can be asked at some point during the interview process. The Council of the District of Columbia, however, […]

Employers have a choice in conducting background investigations on individuals. You can, relatively easily, comply with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) by following basic steps and comply with the law. Or you can decide to not to comply with the FCRA and end up owing millions. More often than not employers, even large employers, […]

We would like to emphasize the importance of organizations continuing to monitor dangerous behavior after people are in your organization. This monitoring can take the form of criminal conviction searches and motor vehicle record reports, if your employee is operating motor vehicles while in your organization. Recently CNN found dozens of theme park employees — […]

Guess you can say that Social media is here to stay, right? Social media has worked its way into a tool to attract individuals and a tool for investigating the background of individuals. If you do use it to recruit, you must make sure the contents of your advertisements conform to all types of regulations. […]