September 13, 2018
The Barclays Center has settled a proposed class action in New York federal court brought by job applicants alleging one of its food service providers used a discriminatory criminal history screening policy to deny positions to qualified applicants, with the vendor agreeing to hire workers it had denied and to revise its background check policy with the help of a psychology expert.
August 07, 2017
The Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, was hit on Friday with a proposed class action lawsuit alleging that it uses a discriminatory criminal history screening policy that denies jobs to potential workers who are otherwise qualified applicants.