May 14, 2018
A Pennsylvania federal judge held that a would-be employee’s arbitration agreement with a staffing firm can’t be used to force him to arbitrate claims that a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary unfairly revoked his job offer because of a background check, saying his allegations against J&J stem from the Fair Credit Reporting Act, not the contract.
November 20, 2017
A Johnson & Johnson subsidiary urged a Pennsylvania federal judge Monday to order that a would-be employee must arbitrate claims that he unfairly lost his job offer due to a background check, noting she has already ordered the man to arbitrate his closely intertwined allegations against the staffing company that facilitated the hiring process.
November 07, 2017
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Monday granted recruiter Kelly Services Inc.'s renewed bid to arbitrate a putative class action alleging a would-be employee unfairly lost his job offer due to a background check, finding the worker, who was in line for a position with Johnson & Johnson, had signed a valid arbitration agreement.
September 07, 2016
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Wednesday denied bids from Johnson & Johnson and Kelly Services Inc. to arbitrate Fair Credit Reporting Act claims brought by a would-be employee in a putative class action over alleged nondisclosure of a background check that led to the loss of a job offer.
December 14, 2015
Johnson & Johnson and staffing company Kelly Services have been hit with a putative class action accusing them of violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act after rescinding an applicant's job offer based on a criminal conviction found in his consumer report without properly disclosing the report's employment purposes.