When truck drivers get forced off the road through unjust and inaccurate background check errors, the consequences can be sweeping. Nearly every aspect of a truck driver’s life can be adversely impacted, including job denials, certification and licensing problems, reputational damage, financial and legal woes, and mental and emotional trauma. Let’s take a closer look:
- Job Rejection: Employers may reject job applications outright if a background check reveals inaccuracies such as false criminal records or an incorrect license status.
- Loss of Employment: Current employers may terminate a truck driver's employment if they discover adverse information that they believe to be accurate but is actually inaccurate, misleading, or false.
- Loss of Income: Employment rejections or terminations due to background check errors can lead to significant financial strain from loss of income. Financial strain can snowball into missed payments, credit denials, housing insecurity, and more.
- Salary Reduction: Inaccuracies in a background report can bump you down in salary levels compared to equivalent drivers with a clean report.
- Damage to Reputation: Errors can tarnish a driver's professional reputation, leading to mistrust and reduced chances of future employment.
- Industry Blacklisting: Persistent errors may result in a driver being effectively blacklisted within the industry, making it exceedingly difficult to secure new positions (even with different employers or in different locations).
- Legal Costs: Even though the law requires background check companies to investigate and correct inaccurate reports, getting them to do the right thing frequently requires wracking up legal fees and other related costs, adding to the overall financial burden.
We carefully analyze your background report to identify any errors or inaccuracies.
Our team of experienced attorneys will fight to get the records corrected or expunged.
We work efficiently to resolve your issues and get you back on the road as quickly as possible.
Don't let false background check reports put the brakes on your trucking career!
With good reason, truck driving is a profession that relies heavily on trust, reliability, and compliance with stringent regulatory requirements. A clean background check is essential for securing and maintaining employment in the industry. That’s why errors in background checks are more than just an annoyance; they can potentially jeopardize a driver's entire career!
We know how important your job as a truck driver is to you, to your family, and to the economy. That’s why we’re here to provide the legal support you need. Our dedicated attorneys know how to challenge data errors and get you back on the road as quickly and seamlessly as possible.
Our team of specialized attorneys have decades of experience handling background check issues.
We understand the urgency and work quickly to get your issues resolved as soon as possible.
We have deep knowledge of the trucking industry and the unique challenges truck drivers face.
Our services are competitively priced to ensure truck drivers can access the help they need.
Disputing background check errors on your own is possible, but many consumers who opt to go this route find themselves trapped in an endless loop with background check companies that perform inadequate investigations of disputed facts and then falsely self-confirm that the errors are correct. Working with a skilled consumer protection lawyer is the best bet for making a legitimate recovery.
With a skilled team of top-tier legal talent and over 75 years of combined practice experience, we have helped thousands of consumers find justice after data reporting errors threatened their livelihood and well-being. We’ll walk you through the documentation, evidence, and process for disputing errors..
Whether we draft a dispute letter for you or you do it yourself with our guidance, you will need to document and submit a list of the errors identified in your background check report. Note that submitting a dispute through an online dispute portal sometimes requires you to waive your right to file a lawsuit down the road. We recommend preserving all your rights by filing your dispute via certified mail. Request an investigation and error corrections, as required under the relevant law (the Fair Credit Reporting Act).
By law, the background check company or any other consumer reporting agency involved has 30-45 days to investigate and respond to the disputed information.
If you receive notice, as so many consumers do, that the disputed information is simply confirmed as being accurate by the background check company and no corrections are made (or inadequate/incomplete corrections are made), you should consider pursuing legal action. Similarly, if you have sustained financial, reputational, or emotional harm as a result of the errors, you should consider legal action to seek compensation. Also, some errors are so egregious that simply reporting them in the first place is actionable under the law. We can help you understand the legal issues and get relief..
Under the FCRA, you may be entitled to compensation for the harm you suffered as a result of background check errors that block, damage, or infringe your truck driving career or cause other harm. Let’s talk!
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Our has years of proven experience fighting — and winning — lawsuits brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act and other federal laws designed to protect ordinary people from abuse by companies and institutions.
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Many times the most cost efficient and effective way for consumers to take on companies that they allege have acted in bad faith is to band together in a class-action lawsuit. Consumer Attorneys has had proven success in class-action litigation and has the skills and resources needed to devote personalized attention to each individual case.
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Court battles are not easy, especially against powerful institutions with deep pockets and large teams of lawyers. The team at Consumer Attorneys provides competent and passionate legal representation while fighting for your rights in courts around the country.
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