Before You Get Background Information FTC If you get background information (for example, a credit or criminal background report) from a company in the business of compiling background information, there are additional procedures the FCRA requires beforehand: Tell the applicant or employee you might use the information for decisions about his or her employment. This notice […]
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Former Wells Fargo Employees Sue
Eleven former Wells Fargo employees have sued the bank over being fired based on background checks showing minor criminal violations that in some cases were decades old or expunged from their records. The bank conducted the background checks after a 2008 federal law did not allow banks and mortgage companies to employ people with criminal […]