Background Checks for employment can cause you to not be hired for or be fired from a job due to erroneous information and not being given the opportunity to dispute those errors by the employer and the screening company producing the background check for the employer. Go to my website: https://www.phillyconsumerlaw.com Or call me for a free consultation (215) 351-0200 Transcript: 1. Have you recently been turned down for a job and wondered why? 2. Did you complete a job application that authorized the employer to run a background check on you? 3. Mistakes in Background Check, which commonly occur, could be the reason you didn’t get the job. 4. But most job seekers don’t know that you have the legal right to see your background check and you have the legal right to explain any mistakes in the background check to the employer before a hiring decision is made. 5. At the Law Office of Robert P. Cocco, P.C., we help job seekers understand and enforce their legal rights against employers and screening companies when background check mistakes stop them from getting a job or losing a job they already have. 6. A background check contains the following information about you: Employment history Education Criminal history Driving history, and Credit history 7. Before a background check can be pulled by an employer, you must authorize it in a standalone one page document that only discusses the background check, not other job related information. 8. After you authorize the background check, you must be notified in writing that the background check was pulled. 9. Then, at least 5 days before the employer makes a decision on whether to hire you, you MUST receive a copy of the background check so that you can review it for mistakes. 10. Protect your rights, call Robert P. Cocco, P.C for a FREE CONSULTATION if you believe you were the victim of a bad background check. If you have a legal claim for damages under federal or state law, we don’t get paid unless you do.