False Employment Reports

1. What is an Employment Report?
2. What rights do consumers have against false employment reports?
3. Who are the Employment Reporting Agencies?
4. What should I do if I am the subject of an inaccurate employment report?
5. What rights do truckers have?

What is an Employment Report?

When people think of fair credit laws, they tend to only think of credit reports from the Big Three credit reporting agencies, Trans Union, Experian and Equifax. But the law is broader, and protects consumers from inaccurate reports sold to their employers. Increasingly, employers are using consumer reports to screen job applicants and make promotion decisions in all types of industries, from banking to trucking and food service. These reports are referred to as employment reports or background screening reports. They contain information about a consumer's past work history, criminal record history, public records and other information. Unfortunately, like traditional credit reports, employment reports are often riddled with errors that can cause a person to be denied a potential job, or even lose an existing one. The damage can be very significant, especially in a tight job market.

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What rights do consumers have against false employment reports?

Fortunately, the law regulates both the companies that sell employment reports as well as the employers who use them. The law protects consumers in the following ways:

• Requires that employment reports meet the standard of maximum possible accuracy
• Requires consumer reporting agencies to give consumers contemporaneous notification when an employment report contains negative information or make sure the information is up to date
• Requires employers to notify consumers when a job is denied or terminated due to an employment report
• Permits consumers to dispute inaccurate information in an employment report

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Who are the Employment Reporting Agencies?

While not exhaustive, the following is a list of some of largest consumer reporting agencies used by employers, along with their contact information:

LexisNexis Risk Solutions

https://www.personalreports.lexisnexis.com/

Employment Reports
(Pre-employment, background checks, Esteem, ScreenNow) LexisNexis Risk Solutions
Consumer Center
PO Box 105108
Atlanta, GA 30348
888-497-0011, option 3 (toll-free)

Insurance Reports
(C.L.U.E. and Current Carrier)LexisNexis Risk Solutions Consumer Center
PO Box 105108
Atlanta, GA 30348
888-497-0011, option 2 (toll-free)

Credit ReportsLexisNexis Risk Solutions Consumer Center
PO Box105289
Atlanta, GA 30348
866-323-0932 (toll-free)

LexisNexis Screening Solutions Inc. Reports
(Resident history reports)LexisNexis Screening Solutions Inc.
PO Box 850126
Dallas, TX 75085
800-487-3246 (toll-free)

Public Records
(Public records search)LexisNexis Risk Solutions Consumer Center
PO Box 105108
Atlanta, GA 30348
866-623-0994 (toll-free)

HireRight

http://www.hireright.com/Consumers-Applicants.aspx#RequestForm

Telephone: (800) 381-0645 (Monday -Friday, 7am to 7pm Central Time)
Fax: (918) 664-5520
Address: HireRight, Attn: Consumers Department, P.O. Box 33181, Tulsa, OK 74153

ADP

https://www.adpselect.com/login/

Customer Service
M-F / 6 a.m.- 6 p.m. MST
888-606-7868
SASS_Customer_Support@adp.com

Sterling Testing Systems

http://www.sterlinginfosystems.com/backgroundscreening.html

Sterling Infosystems, Inc.
249 West 17th Street Floor 6
New York, NY 10011 Direct1.212.736.5100
Toll-Free1.800.899.2272

Intellius

https://www.talentwise.com/employment-background-check.html

Customer Support:1.866.338.6739
For Volume Discounts, Call:1.877.893.1665

Background Information Services

http://www.bisi.com/employment-screening.php

Background Information Services, Inc.
1800 30th Street, Ste. 204
Boulder, CO 803
1(800) 433-6010

Career Certify

http://www.careercertify.com/CareerCertify.com

C/O Beyond.com, Inc.
1060 First Ave, Suite 100
King of Prussia, PA 19406
Phone: (610) 878-2800

Kroll Background Screening

http://www.krollbackgroundscreening.com/annual-file-disclosure/

(888) 381 7866
Send written requests (along with a copy of a photo ID) to:
Kroll Background America, Inc.
Attention: FCRA Department
100 Centerview Drive, Suite 300
Nashville, TN 37214

IntelliCorp

http://www.intellicorp.net/marketing/home.aspx

Toll-Free: 1(888)946-8355

SentryLink

http://www.sentrylink.com/Customer Service

(301) 486-0862
Monday-Friday 9AM to 6PM Eastern

Intelligent Investigations, LLC

http://www.intelligentinvestigations.com/

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What should I do if I am the subject of an inaccurate employment report?

Contact Francis & Mailman and we will be happy to walk you through the process of what to do free of charge. We have handled hundreds of cases involving consumers who lost jobs, credit or insurance as a result of an inaccurate consumer report, and have an excellent success rate. Your main goal should be to quickly get a copy of the report that was sold about you and to dispute it with reporting agency promptly.

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