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CFPB Releases New Required Form for Use in Employee Background Check Process

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has released an updated version of the "Summary of Your Rights Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act" notice that all employers must provide to employees before taking any adverse action...more

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CFPB Requests Information About Data Brokers for Planned Rulemaking

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced on March 15, 2023, that it is issuing a Request for Information (RFI) about the business practices of data brokers, which the agency said will assist it in “planned...more

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What CRAs Must Know: Important FAQs Regarding CFPB’s Recent Action for Employment Background Check Report Violations

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Based on the public filing, the Bureau asserted that Sterling was engaged in the business of providing background screening reports as to job applicants to assist employers in hiring decisions. The outcome was an order of $6...more

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Compliance News Flash

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP is pleased to provide you with the Compliance News Flash. This weekly update is your source for timely background screening and immigration-related news that is important to your organization....more

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The Freeze Is On: Employers Must Immediately Update Background Check Forms

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There is a little-known provision from a new federal law that will most likely impact your hiring practices and your standard hiring documents—and it kicked in last Friday. As of September 21, all employers must update their...more

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FTC and CFPB Update

Yesterday I attended an interesting webinar regarding Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) developments. Susan Camp Stocks from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Katherine Ripley White from the Federal Trade...more

MoFo Reenforcement

CFPB’s Message to Employment Background Screening Providers: A Rose by Any Other Middle Name is Probably the Wrong Person

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On October 29, the CFPB took action against two of the country’s largest employment background screening report providers for violations of the FCRA. This is one of the CFPB’s most significant FCRA actions to date, following...more

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Employee Background Checks: The First Step Before Determining Wages

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In past Franczek Radelet Alerts and webinars, my colleagues and I have talked at length about the potential pitfalls for employers of background checks and the changes that the advent of the Consumer Financial Protection...more

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Criminal Background Check Policies under Fire from the EEOC

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) continues to crack down on allegedly discriminatory employer policies and practices involving criminal background checks....more

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Employers Faced January 1, 2013, Deadline to Update Fair Credit Reporting Act Notice

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Originally published in SC Bar's Employment and Labor Law Newsletter: Winter 2013 on February 15, 2013 Effective January 1, 2013, there was a new form that employers must provide prospective or current employees when...more

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New Year Brings New FCRA Forms for Employers and Possibly Additional Notification Requirements

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the primary enforcer of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) rang in the new year by issuing new forms for users of consumer reports. Copies of the forms that went into effect...more

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