Angela Preston, vice president of compliance and general counsel at EmployeeScreenIQ, has some tips for employers in the wake of background screening class actions that have been filed recently throughout the U.S. Just last week, another case, Aceves v. AutoZone, was added to the laundry list of suits against employers allegedly violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act during background screening processes.
“FCRA violations are a new target for class action suits and employers are being caught off guard for technical violations of the statute that, once understood, are easily cured,” says Preston. In this most recent case, the plaintiffs allege AutoZone Inc. didn’t make “clear and conspicuous disclosure” to them as job applicants, explains Preston. Instead, the disclosure was made in a Web application covering an array of issues.
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