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New Year, New FCRA Forms

Do you use a third party service to conduct background checks on job applicants or employees? If yes, then you should take note of new forms which employers are required to use for this purpose, effective January 1, 2013. ...more

Background Checks: Updated “Summary of Consumer Rights” Required Under Fair Credit Reporting Act

Start the new year out right by using the updated “Summary of Consumer Rights” form, required as of January 1, 2013, to comply with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”). Even if you updated your form earlier in 2012, you...more

New Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) Form in Effect January 1, 2013

Under the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), employers are required to provide a Summary of Rights form to individuals who are the subject of an investigative consumer report and/or before adverse action is taken based...more