by Chelsy Shedden | Nov 7, 2018 | Background Checks, Hiring, Laws
Written By: Blank Rome LLP The Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) provides federally-imposed limitations on all employers who seek information from a Consumer Reporting Agency about an applicant or employee for use in making an employment decision, such as a hiring or...
by Chelsy Shedden | Oct 10, 2018 | Background Checks, Hiring, Laws
Written By: Jill L. Rosenberg, Joe Liburt and Jessica R. L. James Employers across the country should dust off their background check policies and forms and be mindful of recent developments related to the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). FCRA mandates...
by Chelsy Shedden | Sep 18, 2018 | Background Checks, Criminal Record Expungement, Hiring, Laws
Written By: Fisher Phillips In an effort to increase the state’s potential workforce, the South Carolina General Assembly passed legislation last week that will expand the state’s current expungement law and allow individuals to more easily remove criminal convictions...
by Chelsy Shedden | Aug 30, 2018 | Laws
Written by: Thomas Ahearn In October 2017, California Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 384 (SB 384) – also known as the “Sex Offender Registration Act” – which will dramatically change how the state manages the California Sex Offender Registry when the law...
by Chelsy Shedden | Aug 24, 2018 | Background Checks, Hiring, Laws
Written By: Michael Klazema Social media background checks are slowly becoming the norm. According to CareerBuilder, 70 percent of employers use social media in some way to vet their employees. In most cases, these checks are innocent — or at least...
by Chelsy Shedden | Aug 15, 2018 | Hiring, Laws
Written by Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC As we discussed in our Mind the Gap webinar, many states and municipalities have enacted laws that prohibit employers from using previous pay to justify unequal pay between men and women or between members of different...
