Real hiring cases, explained
PROFID Cases
When a company hires without checking, the story ends up in court and in the news. We break down what happened, what it cost, and how the same hire runs through PROFID.
$5Msettlement over notices the lawsuit said should have gone out before each decisionTruckingA disputed felony, a missing notice and a $5 million settlement: the J.B. Hunt FCRA caseA driver applicant said a background check tied him to someone else’s felony, and that J.B. Hunt acted on it without first sending him the report or a summary of his rights. His class action covered about 14,900 people and settled for $5 million. J.B. Hunt denied wrongdoing.Read the case →Latest
Healthcare7,600 fake nursing diplomas, real licenses: what Operation Nightingale means for employers
StaffingNot on the registry, still on the job: a staffing agency worker with a rape conviction
HealthcareHer third conviction for posing as a nurse: how an impostor became a unit manager
TruckingA log truck at 67 mph, an admitted bad hire and a $141.5 million verdict
RideshareThe checks passed. The driver was someone else
HealthcareFive real nurses, five stolen licenses: the staffing agency that sent impostors to care homes
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