Broken Records: How Errors by Criminal Background Checking Companies Harm Workers and Businesses

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National Consumer Law Center

Mistakes on criminal background screening reports cost workers' jobs and skirt federal law (Fair Credit Reporting Act). Federal and state government and courts each have a role in improving the accuracy of background checks.

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