Notice of Adverse Action - Non-Employment - Due to Consumer Investigative Report

Nearly all background checks include a criminal-history check, based on information supplied by the candidate, including their Social Security number. Criminal background checks will reveal felony and misdemeanor criminal convictions, any pending criminal cases, and any history of incarceration as an adult.

Adverse employment actions are employment decision that negatively impact you as the employee. The most obvious example is a firing.For instance, something that is considered an adverse action in a sex discrimination case may not be an adverse action in an MSPB appeal for a federal government employee.

Give notice of the adverse action; Give the name, address, and telephone number of the credit reporting agency which provided the credit report (the telephone number must be toll free if the agency compiles and maintains consumer files on a nationwide basis);

What Is an Adverse Action? In finance, the term adverse action refers to a type of notice given by a lender when a borrower's credit application has been denied.

In the hiring process, adverse action means a company is considering not hiring the applicant or that they may withdraw an offer. Usually, this is based on an adverse report on a consumer report or background check.

If applicable, financial institutions can provide a combined notice of adverse action to all consumer applicants to comply with multiple-applicant requirements under the FCRA, provided a credit score is not required for the adverse action notice because a score was not relied upon in taking adverse action.

(e) The term "investigative consumer report" means a consumer report or portion thereof in which information on a consumer's character, general reputation, personal characteristics, or mode of living is obtained through personal interviews with neighbors, friends, or associates of the consumer reported on or with

Adverse action is defined in the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and the FCRA to include:a refusal to grant credit in the amount or terms requested. a negative change in account terms in connection with an unfavorable review of a consumer's account 5 U.S.C. § 1691(d)(6); FCRA A§ 603(k)