Pre -Employment Background Screening, Drug Testing & Occupational Health Services

Yes, it happened. New York City Governor, Bill DeBlasio signed the law on 05/08/2015 making it illegal for most employers to use credit reports for pre-employment screening purposes. We hinted to this strong possibility in our previous post. New York City’s ban is considered the broadest ban in the country as of yet. The law effectively bans most employers from not only using credit information during the screening process, but also most kinds of financial information as well

For now, applicants still don’t have to show that harm was done following a possible violation of the FCRA. At least this is what the Supreme Court is telling us. Now SCOTUS is agreeing to hear the case of Robbins v Spokeo. The Background The case began in 2011. Robbins filed a civil suit alleging violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act against Spokeo, an online database. Robbins alleged Spokeo reported incorrect information to potential employers, such as name, age, hist