Fair Credit Reporting Act

Staffing giant Robert Half International has settled a long-running class action lawsuit arising out of its background check procedures. The tab was payment of $2,258,909 to the class members and an attorneys' fee award of $4,076,999 to the plaintiffs' lawyers.

A Missouri lawsuit against Onin Staffing (attached) serves as a reminder that alarm bells should go off when a client rejects a candidate because of a background check result.

New regulations expand scope of the law and provide compliance guidance