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Kentucky withdraws mandatory background check requirement for long-term care providers
The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services recently withdrew 906 KAR 1:190E and 906 KAR 1:190, which removed the requirement for the state’s long-term care provider’s mandatory participation in Kentucky’s National Background Check Program (also referred to as KARES). Read More
FBI questions medical licensure compact’s background check requirements
The FBI informed states planning to participate in the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact that legislation allowing them to take part in the compact does not meet the requirements that would allow the agency to share information with states for criminal background checks. Read More
Frito-Lay settles FCRA class-action lawsuit for nearly $1M
The snack manufacturer agreed to pay nearly $1M to settle claims that it failed to provide notice to job applicants and employees prior to taking adverse employment action against them based on information in a consumer report. Read More
Job applicant awarded $1M after being rejected for admitting to previously using a false SSN
A federal court in California ruled that a job applicant’s admission that he used a false Social Security number cannot be the basis for disqualifying him from employment on good moral character grounds. Read More
Court dismisses proposed FCRA lawsuit citing Spokeo ruling
A proposed class-action lawsuit against Time Warner Cable was dismissed by a Wisconsin federal court, finding that the job applicant could not show he had suffered “concrete harm.” Read More