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Pa. Transit Authority Sued Over Applicant Background Checks

Apr 27, 2016 /Media Coverage

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority was hit with a proposed class action in Pennsylvania federal court Wednesday accusing the agency of not sufficiently notifying job applicants of its use of credit checks and of discriminating against those convicted of drug felonies. Named plaintiff Frank Long alleges he and potentially thousands of applicants weren’t provided the …

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SEPTA Hit With Class Action Over Background Checks

Apr 27, 2016/Media Coverage

A man claiming his offer of employment as a bus driver with the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority was revoked because of his criminal history has filed a class action lawsuit against SEPTA in federal court.

School bus driver sues after his city transit job application is rejected over long-ago conviction

Apr 27, 2016/Media Coverage

Frank Long was already working as a school bus driver in 2014 when a job offer he had gotten to drive a SEPTA bus in the Philadelphia area was rescinded. The problem was two 1997 drug-related convictions, Philly.com reported. Now the 56-year-old is suing the transit agency, contending that its misuse of criminal background information …

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Lawsuit Claims SEPTA Hiring Practices Violate Law

Apr 27, 2016/Media Coverage

Class-action suit alleges the transit agency disqualifies job applicants with unrelated felonies EPTA violates federal and state laws when conducting background checks on prospective employees, alleges a class-action lawsuit filed Wednesday. The lawsuit alleges SEPTA routinely violates the state Criminal History Record Information Act by disqualifying job applicants with unrelated felony convictions from employment in positions involving …

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