The Walgreens lawsuit claim is one of the lawsuits that ended with the defendant accepting liability despite denying the allegations levelled against them. The lawsuit alleged that Walgreens violated the fair credit reporting act during the hiring process. The lawsuit alleges that FCRA claims that Walgreens committed these allegations when notifying job seekers regarding background check results which resulted in employment denial.
The lawsuit claim focused specifically on the time of these notifications. According to this claim, Walgreens informed some job applicants about the negative background check results sooner after providing the report copies to the applicant themselves. The fair credit reporting act regulations gives a specific timeframe for the said notification process.
The Walgreens Lawsuit Claim Settlement
The Walgreens lawsuit claim was settled in 2022 with Walgreens agreeing to pay for the alleged damages. Walgreens agreed to this settlement even after denying any wrong doing on the allegations levelled against it. This agreement means that any eligible applicants can now demand for compensation from the company any time.
Walgreens Eligible Applicants
Many people applied for jobs at Walgreens meaning many previous job applicants at the company might try to pursue settlement from the Walgreens lawsuit claim. Due to this, it is very important to specify which job applicants stand compensation from the Walgreens lawsuit claim settlement.
Well unfortunately the compensation from the Walgreens lawsuit only applies to people who applied for jobs at Walgreens in the period between March 30, 2022 to May 17th 2022. Any people who applied for jobs at Walgreens during this time and were denied employment at the company on the basis of background checks carried out on them are all eligible for this settlement.
On top of that, these applicants must have received have received one or more emails from the company informing them about the outcome of the background checks carried out on them by the company during the hiring process. If the terms of the hiring process job applicants at Walgreens were subjected to were not in compliance with the FCRA timeframes then they stand to be compensated by the company.
The Nature of the Walgreens Compensation
So far there is still no conclusive data regarding how the entire compensation process will be handled. What is currently available are speculations regarding how the compensation will be rolled out. Â From the look of things, it looks like there will be money compensation with every eligible job applicant at the company set to earn about $918.
Any job applicants at Walgreens who feel like they are eligible for compensation should check on the Walgreens website for further details on the compensation. Â By now, the window for submitting the required details for compensation has already elapsed and is closed.
However, if you feel like you have been left behind you can check on the settlement website on how you can apply for compensation and what details you need to provide. Once every eligible applicant has provided all the relevant and required details, Walgreens will commence the process of settling the Walgreens lawsuit claim settlement.
