Hiring cases and rule changes, explained
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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.
14years the guidance shaped how employers weighed criminal recordsRule changeThe EEOC dropped its 2012 criminal records guidance. Here is what still appliesThe EEOC has rescinded its 2012 guidance on using arrest and conviction records in hiring, effective immediately and with no replacement. Title VII, the FCRA and state and local fair chance laws still apply, so the practical rules for criminal background checks change less than the headlines suggest.Read the update →Latest
TruckingA wrong felony, no notice and a $5 million settlement: the J.B. Hunt FCRA case
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
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