Intro: Delta Air Lines has agreed to pay $2.3 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging it failed to provide approximately 44,000 applicants with a stand-alone background check disclosure, in violation of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and California law. Delta’s forms contained extraneous and misleading information, according to plaintiffs, including information about state laws;

A group of Uber drivers urged a federal judge to grant final approval to a $7.5 million settlement agreement in a class action accusing the rideshare company of violating the Fair Credit and Reporting Act, despite objections. Lead plaintiffs alleged in a class action lawsuit that Uber and a third party had violated their rights

  New York’s Suffolk County has joined an ever-growing list of jurisdictions that ban pre-employment inquiries into and/or consideration of an applicant’s salary history. On November 30, 2018, Suffolk County Executive Steven Bellone signed into law the Restrict Information Regarding Salary and Earnings Act (RISE Act), which echoes bans already in place in New York

The Fair Credit Reporting Act will soon require an updated version of several documents. Please read the short summary below of why you need to understand this important notice. What is the new federal law? Federal law, S. 2155 amended the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) to allow consumers to request a free security freeze from