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Employment Law
February 1, 2010

Background Checks Under Scrutiny by State Legislators

By James Hammerschmidt on February 1, 2010

Most employers are well aware that conducting background checks on prospective employees is tricky business, particularly under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). And it may get even trickier in Maryland if the state legislature passes the Job and Financial Privacy Protection Act, which was recently introduced in the Senate as SB 110, or HB 175, the House’s version of the same bill.

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