Failure to provide proper notice and/or obtain proper authorization
Deluxe Check Printers Prospective Employee Credit Checks Class Action
Deluxe Corporation and Deluxe Check Printers regularly obtain credit background reports on prospective employees, says the complaint for this class action. However, the complaint alleges that they do this without obtaining providing proper disclosures or obtaining proper authorization. This would be a violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and as well as California’s Read more
Omnicare Background Check Disclosure Forms FCRA Settlement
Omnicare, Inc. is putting up $1.3 million to settle a class action alleging that it did not provide proper disclosure forms to employees or prospective employees who were the subjects of background checks. The complaint claimed that the forms used violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the California Investigative Consumer Reporting Agencies Act, and Read more
PNC Financial Services Job Applicant Consumer Reports FCRA Class Action
The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) sets rules for the use of consumer reports by potential employers. The complaint for this class action says that PNC Financial Services, Inc. and PNC Bank, NA violated the FCRA’s Stand-Alone Disclosure Requirement and Pre-Adverse Action Disclosure Requirements. Read more
PGT Industries Consumer Report Disclosure and Authorization FCRA Class Action
More and more employers use consumer reports as a means of screening prospective employees. The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) forbids this practice unless the employer follows the provisions of the law. The complaint for this class action claims that PGT Industries, Inc., a maker of customer windows and doors, did not provide proper disclosure Read more
Air Canada Improper Background Check Procedures FCRA Class Action
Companies are permitted to obtain consumer reports or background checks on employees or job applicants unless they follow the requirements of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The complaint for this class action alleges that Air Canada did not do so. The complaint claims that Air Canada did not provide subjects of the reports with Read more
McDonald’s Disclosure to Obtain Consumer Reports FCRA Class Action
Companies are permitted to use consumer reports to check the backgrounds of potential employees, but only if they follow the requirements in the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FRCA). The complaint for this class action says that McDonald’s Corporation violated the FCRA by not providing a proper disclosure notice and obtaining consent before getting the report. Read more
Petco Animal Supplies Consumer Report for Employment FCRA Settlement
Petco is paying over a million dollars to settle a class action that, when obtaining consumer reports on prospective employees, it violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) in two ways. First, the complaint says, it did not provide stand-alone disclosure that it was going to obtain the reports. Second, if it took adverse action Read morePepsi Beverages Background Check FCRA Settlement
Bottling Group, LLC, Grayhawk Leasing, LLC, and New Bern Transport Co. have agreed to settle a class action alleging that they violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Specifically, the complaint claims that when undertaking employment background checks, these Pepsi Beverages-related companies did not make the required standalone disclosures to the subjects of the background Read moreCostco FCRA Employment Settlement
Costco has agreed to settle a class action alleging that it did not give job applicants a standalone disclosure form when asking for background checks on them, as required by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Read more
