The regulations implementing the Massachusetts data security statute go into effect on Monday, March 1, 2010.
In response to what it perceives as a barrier to people getting jobs, the Oregon Senate has introduced a bill to curb employers’ use of credit reports.
Maryland House Bill 175 would prohibit an employer from using an applicant’s or employee’s credit report or credit history in determining whether to deny employment to the applicant . . .
Senate Bill 909 which would mandate that a background screener “that prepares or processes in any manner an investigative consumer report, or portion thereof, outside of the United States or its territories to make specified disclosures to the potential user of this information
The E-Verify program has been extended through September 2012. E-Verify is the government program that allows employers to electronically verify right to work status of workers in the United States.
The FTC’s “Red Flag” mandate to curb identity theft was set to take effect on November 1, 2009, one full year after the original policy was to be enforced. At the 11th hour, it was announced that they will delay enforcement until June 1, 2010.
Assistant Secretary John Morton today announced the issuance of Notices of Inspection (NOIs) to 1,000 employers across the country associated with critical infrastructure-alerting business owners that ICE will audit their hiring records to determine compliance with employment eligibility verification laws.
The FTC’s “Red Flag” mandate to curb identity theft is set to take effect on November 1, 2009, one full year after the original policy was to be enforced.
This was the second time in two years that the governor vetoed an effort to eliminate the use of employment credit reports.
In October, 2008 California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill that would have banned the use of employment credit reports. Now AB943 appears to be a mirror image of its predecessor.




