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Maine Revises State Fair Credit Reporting Act to be More Consistent with...
Maine Governor Paul LePage signed LD 1410 in June of 2013 to update the state’s consumer reporting law by adopting most of the provisions of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), 15 United...
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New California Law Creates Consistent Criminal Background Check Policy for...
California Governor Jerry Brown has signed a new law – Assembly Bill 465 (AB 465) – to help protect children who participate in community youth athletic programs from sexually abusive and violent...
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New Jersey Limits Ability of Employers to Access Social Media Accounts of...
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has signed into law Assembly Bill A2878/S1915 that limits the ability of employers to require employees and job applicants to disclose user names, passwords, or other...
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Class Action Lawsuit over Background Checks for Rental Housing Tenants...
A tenant screening company that background checks tenants for rental housing has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a class action lawsuit over its screening practices, according to a report from the...
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Nevada Law Restricting Employer Access to Credit Reports and Social Media...
A new law in Nevada signed by Governor Brian Sandoval – Assembly Bill 181 (A.B. 181) – will restrict employer access to social media accounts and credit report information of both employees and job...
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Government Shutdown Making Employers in States with E-Verify Laws Nervous to...
Employers in states such as Arizona, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, and North Carolina with mandatory E-Verify usage laws for most or all businesses are nervous about hiring new workers...
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California Governor Jerry Brown Signs Ban the Box Bill to Help Ex-Offenders...
In order to reduce unnecessary barriers to employment for the one in four adult Californians with arrest or conviction records, Governor Jerry Brown has signed into law Assembly Bill 218 (AB 218) to...
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Illinois Governor Issues Administrative Order to State Agencies to Ban the...
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has issued Administrative Order 2013-1 to ‘Ban the Box’ and prohibit state agencies under his jurisdiction from asking job applicants about their criminal histories before...
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Target to Ban the Box Asking Job Seekers about Criminal History on...
Target Corp. will ‘Ban the Box’ asking job seekers about their criminal history on employment applications starting next year to comply with a new Minnesota law that takes effect January 1, 2014,...
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Michigan Ban the Box Bill would Prevent Employers from Asking about Felony...
Legislation under consideration in Michigan – HOUSE BILL No. 4366 – would “Ban the Box” on job applications that employers use to ask applicants about felony convictions with certain exceptions,...
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A new law in California that took effect January 1, 2014 – Senate Bill No. 530 (SB 530) – provides significant new protection to ex-offenders who committed crimes, including felonies, when it comes to...
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Employers Need Caution with Background Check Laws
Written By Thomas Ahearn To help employers understand background check laws and regulations, Attorney Lester Rosen, Founder and CEO of Employment Screening Resources® (ESR), will present a live 60...
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New York State AG Secures Agreements with Background Check Firms
Written By Thomas Ahearn New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman has announced his office has secured agreements with four large background check firms that will prohibit them “from...
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New Georgia Law Helps Ex-Offenders Find Jobs and Protects Employers
Written By Thomas Ahearn Georgia Governor Nathan Deal has signed into law Senate Bill 365 (SB 365) to help rehabilitated offenders successfully re-enter society by removing barriers to employment and...
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Delaware Latest State to Ban the Box
Written By Thomas Ahearn Delaware Governor Jack Markell has signed Ban the Box legislation – House Bill 167 – that will prohibit public employers in the state from inquiring into criminal records of...
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Illinois May Ban the Box for Private Employers
Written By Thomas Ahearn A Senate Committee of the Illinois General Assembly has voted to approve legislation – House Bill 5701, The Job Opportunities for Qualified Applicants Act – to restrict private...
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Louisiana Passes Personal Online Account Privacy Protection Act
Written By Thomas Ahearn Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has signed House Bill 340 (HB 340), the Personal Online Account Privacy Protection Act into law to prohibit employers in the state from...
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Tennessee Passes Employee Online Privacy Act of 2014
Written By Thomas Ahearn Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam has signed a password protection law – the “Employee Online Privacy Act of 2014” (S.B. 1808) – which will prevent employers in the state with one...
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Two New Tennessee Employment Laws Take Effect July 1
Written By Thomas Ahearn Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam has signed two new employment laws that take effect July 1, 2014. One, The Tennessee Negligent and Retention Law, is designed to provide...
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Indiana Changes Criminal Background Checks for Employers
Written By Thomas Ahearn Effective July 1, 2014, an amended version of Indiana Code § 24-4-18-6 changes what information “criminal history providers” such as Consumer Reporting Agencies (CRAs) that...
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