Staffing Vendors, Co-employment, Background Checks, and Lawsuits
By Lester S. Rosen, President of ESR (First published on RecruitingTrends.com) As the recession begins to slowly turn around, employers are naturally cautious about increasing the size of the workforce...
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Family of Woman Killed by Bus Sues Company for Negligent Hiring of Driver...
The family of a 26-year-old Illinois woman struck and killed by a tour bus as she crossed a street has filed a lawsuit in Cook County court claiming that the owners of the bus were negligent in hiring...
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Employment Screening Lawsuits Increase as Attorneys and Consumers Become...
Consumers and attorneys are looking more closely at background check reports and laws governing employment screening and filing more lawsuits against employers. On one hand, employers are being sued by...
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Workplace Romances Can End Happily in Marriage or Sometimes Unhappily in...
Just in time for February 14, the annual CareerBuilder Valentine’s Day Survey has revealed that 3 in 10 workers – 30 percent – who have dated a co-worker said their workplace romance led to marriage....
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Human Resources Expert Testifies Background Check Should Have Been Conducted...
A Human Resources expert testifying in the wrongful death civil lawsuit against a concert promoter told jurors that the promoter should have performed a background check on the doctor for deceased pop...
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Attorneys General from Nine States Send Letter to EEOC Expressing Concern...
The Attorneys General from nine states – Alabama, Colorado, Georgia, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, South Carolina, Utah, and West Virginia – have sent a letter to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
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Class Action Lawsuits for Failing to Perform Background Checks Properly...
Given the need for employers to exercise due diligence in hiring and at the same time comply with the complex legal environment regulating hiring, employers can expect to see an increase in legal...
View ArticleEEOC Scrutinizing Hiring Practices that Unfairly Screen out Job Applicants...
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is scrutinizing hiring practices and believes policies that screen out job applicants with criminal records could disadvantage minorities and...
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Background Check Lawsuit Claims FCRA Violations
Written By Thomas Ahearn In a class action suit alleging Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) violations, a federal judge has ruled that Canon Business Solutions faces additional discovery into claims the...
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Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) Consumer Litigation Rises in September 2020
ESR News Blog Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Consumer litigation involving the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) was up 9.3 percent from August 2020 to September 2020, up 5.5...
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FCRA Lawsuit Filings Down in July 2021 but Increased Year to Date from 2020
ESR News Blog Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Statistics tracked by WebRecon LLC revealed consumer ligation filed under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) decreased by 13.3 percent in...
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