requirements of the FCRA is not hard work. Every company that conducts background checks should have their background screening provider or an independent background screening expert audit their procedures for compliance with FCRA requirements.


I am hoping that when we write the 2015 Year End Report that there will be some other area of lawsuits that is garnering headlines rather than the FCRA and we will have put this troubling trend to rest.


* The Safe Hiring Manual -The Complete Guide to Employment Screening Background Checks for Employers, Recruiters, and Jobseekers, Second edition, Facts on Demand, 2012.


FCRA LAWSUIT ARTICLES INDEX FOR 2014 FROM THE BACKGROUND BUZZ (25 ARTICLES)


January 2014 | Ohio | FCRA Violations Results in $18.6 Million Settlement Plaintiffs' counsel filed a Motion for Preliminary Approval of a Proposed Class Action Settlement against two Verisk Analytics companies for alleged violations of the FCRA.


January 14, 2014 | Nationwide | Reviewing the Year in FCRA Class Action Settlements While attention has been paid this year to the EEOC's agenda and litigation over criminal background checks, a parallel challenge kept pace in the form of private class action litigation under the FCRA.


February 04, 2014 | California | Is FCRA's Prohibition on CRAs Constitutional? The Southern District of California has granted the United States' motion to intervene in Dowell v. General Information Services, Inc. (GIS), to defend the constitutionality of a provision of the FCRA.


February 11, 2014 | California | Class Action Lawsuit Challenges Legality of Retail Theft Databases The use of a "Retail Theft Contributory Database" in California is being challenged in a class action lawsuit filed in federal Court in San Francisco on January 31, 2013.


February 11, 2014 | Nationwide | Whole Foods Sued Over Worker Background-Check Procedure Whole Foods Market California Inc. was slapped with a proposed nationwide class action accusing the company of using a legally invalid form to get job applicants to consent to background checks.


February 12, 2014 | Pennsylvania | Background Check Forms Face Increased Scrutiny in Court In Reardon v. Closetmaid Corporation, the district court granted summary judgment in favor of a class of more than 1,800 job applicants.


March 14, 2014 | Philadelphia, PA | FCRA Class Action USB Financial Services This is a consumer class action based upon Defendant UBS Financial Services, Inc.'s FRCA violations.


April 04, 2014 | Nationwide | The Extension of Potential Class Action Liability to Employers The consequences of a FCRA violation can be substantial and the stakes are even higher in a putative class action.


April 09, 2014 | Nationwide | Two Data Brokers Settle FTC Charges Two data brokers have agreed to settle FTC charges that they violated the FCRA by providing reports about consumers to users without taking reasonable steps to make sure that they were accurate.


April 23, 2014 | Nationwide | Senate Bill Targets Credit Furnisher Responsibilities Under FCRA The Stop Errors in Credit Use and Reporting (SECURE) Act of 2014 was introduced in the U.S. Senate.


July 09, 2014 | New York, NY | U.S. Census Bureau Down for the Count A Magistrate Judge granted partial class certification in a case where plaintiffs allege that the United States Census Bureau used arrest records to screen out job applicants.


July 23, 2014 | Grain Valley, MO | OOIDA Members Challenge FMCSA's Screening Program Six members of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, OOIDA, filed a class-action suit against the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration under the Federal Privacy Act.


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