Incorrect background check info. Do I have any Legal recourse over it?

Truckers should know that if they are denied a job by a carrier because of a background report (DAC, criminal, MVR, employment etc) the carrier is supposed to do certain things. If you apply in person and they pull a report after 'in-person' contact with you, the carrier is supposed to provide you with a copy of your report plus a summary of consumer rights (i.e., the summary tells you who provided the report, how to contact that reporting agency and how to dispute the report). The carrier is supposed to provide you with these documents BEFORE they decline your employment. However, If you apply over the internet, fax, telephone or other non-in-person means, the carrier is supposed to provide you with notice of who the reporting agency was, how to contact them, how to get a copy of a free report and how to dispute the report. Though the non-in-person does not receive this information before the job is declined, at least you would know where the information is coming from.

 

Hey scythe80!! good to hear that you got hired. Can you contact me about the other companies that may have denied you a job? There are a lot of truckers who are not getting jobs and who are not being provided their rights (e.g., told where the carrier got the report, how to dispute it). We are trying to change how trucking companies treat their job applicants.