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Checkr Shells Out Bucks For Lawsuit Losses
April 25, 2019 - The New Hampshire Union Leader reportedthe lack of human oversight of the artificial intelligence used by background screening provider Checkr has resulted in errors. More than 40 people have sued the background screening provider for violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act in recent years and the company in December settled a class-action lawsuit that alleged it illegally included information about low-level offenses like traffic infractions on background checks for more than 96,000 people; Checkr agreed to pay out $4.46 million in damages plus attorneys’ fees. As seeni n a comment: Victoria Anne Ragland04/18/2019 07:06 am I was denied employment because they falsely report my driver license...
Thomas Ahearn On AI and Background Checks
April 24, 2019 - The use of technology such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms will continue to improve background checks for employment purposes...
Understanding Puerto Rico Criminal Records
April 22, 2019 - See this link for a FREE doeload of Understanding Puerto Rico Criminal Record Searches https://issuu.com/findcrime/docs/str_puerto_rico_tutoria...
Speed Rather than Accuracy Is the Reason Adecco Chose Its Background Screener
April 22, 2019 - Adecco, one of the world’s largest staffing agencies, uses Checkr in its mobile temporary-work app Adia. Adia CEO Ernesto Lamaina sa...
Happy Easter from Straightline International
April 21, 2019 - http://www.straightlineinternational.com/...
Druggies At Work Increae
April 19, 2019 - The rate of U.S. general workforce drug positivity hit a 14-year high in 2018, according to a new drug testing analysis released April 11 by Quest...
JBS Carriers to Pay $250,000 and not Resume ErgoMed Screening to Settle EEOC Discrimination Suit
April 17, 2019 - National trucking company JBS Carriers, Inc. will pay $250,000 and furnish other significant relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit f...
LaborChex flourishing in fast-growing employment background screening industry
April 08, 2019 - You can still get hired in a New York Minute – or something close to it. The difference is that nowadays the person doing the...
Only 3 of 61 applicants pass background checks for new Portland public safety specialist jobs
April 05, 2019 - While the Portland Police Bureau struggles to recruit officers to fill dozens of vacancies, its effort to hire new civilian public safety specialis...
EBI Has Its Share of FCRA Violation Lawsuits
March 29, 2019 - Complaints Against Employment Background Investigations People who lost job opportunities due to an inaccurate or unfair EBI employm...
FCRA Settlement For Incorrect Record
March 29, 2019 - Another “BIG” FCRA class settlement BY JOHN HAWK ON FEBRUARY 5, 2019 • ( LEAVE A COMMENT )...
Alameda County Under Fire For Charging To Look At Records
March 28, 2019 - Why does Alameda County charge up to $1 a page to view court records online? The federal court system that allows people to view doc...
HireRight's Recent 2019 FCRA Lawsuit For Non-Compliance
March 27, 2019 - HireRight, LLC is the defendant in a proposed class action that alleges the company routinely furnishes background reports that contain outdated ar...
HireRight Technicality Gets Case Judgment Over Incorrect Criminal Record
March 27, 2019 - HireRight granted summary judgment on claim that attempted murder conviction was wrongly reported BY B. CHAD EWING ON DECEMBER 6...
London England Criminal Court Record Searches
March 26, 2019 - London Courts/Cities Criminal Record Search Pricing by Straightline International Greater London Magistrates Courts and Price...
Background Checks Are Suspected in Misuse of California Criminal Computer Records
March 25, 2019 - According to data compiled by the California Attorney General’s office, Tulare, Fresno, Kern and Kings counties government agencies were over...
San Antonio startup uses technology to scrub criminal records
March 23, 2019 - A student trying to get into nursing school turned to Easy Expunctions, a San Antonio startup, after she learned a hard lesson — a run-in wit...
Oregon Court Records Go Online at Redmond Public Library
March 04, 2019 - Redmond residents soon will be able to access electronic state court documents without traveling to the Deschutes County Courthouse in downtown Ben...
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