Customer’s Certification Clause Samples

Customer’s Certification. Customer hereby certifies to Guardian that consumer reports will be obtained and used exclusively for screening prospective employees and that Customer will comply with the following provisions: a. Customer may not procure a consumer report without the advanced written permission of the consumer. b. In addition, Customer may not procure a consumer report or cause a consumer report to be procured, for employment purposes, with respect to any consumer unless: i. a clear and conspicuous disclosure has been made in writing to the consumer before the report is procured or caused to be procured, in a document that consists solely of the disclosure, that a consumer report may be obtained for employment purposes; and ii. the consumer has authorized in writing the procurement of the report by the Customer. c. In using a consumer report for employment purposes, before taking any adverse action based in whole or in part on the report, Customer shall provide to the consumer to whom the report relates: i. a copy of the report; and ii. a description in writing of the rights of the consumer under the Act, a copy of which is attached hereto (“Summary of Consumer Rights”) as Exhibit 1. d. After taking any adverse action based in whole or in part on the report, Customer shall provide to the consumer to whom the report relates: i. oral, written, or electronic notice that adverse action has been taken based in whole or in part on a consumer report received from Guardian; and ii. the name, address, and telephone number of Guardian along with a statement that Guardian did not make the decision to take the adverse action and cannot provide the consumer specific reasons why the adverse action was taken; and iii. oral, written, or electronic notice of the consumer's right to obtain a free copy of a consumer report from Guardian and may dispute the accuracy or completeness of any information furnished in the report. e. The information from the consumer report will not be used in violation of any applicable federal or state equal employment opportunity law or regulation. f. Customer agrees to retain the consumer's written authorization for a period of five years unless local jurisdictions stipulates otherwise. From time to time Guardian may request proof of the consumer’s written authorization as part of its compliance auditing procedures. Customer agrees to comply with such requests. g. If the applicant is a resident of CA, OK, or MN and requests to receive a copy of the completed ...