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FACTA explained, pregnancy discrimination and more
As of June 1, the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Actrequires companies to destroy employees' personal information.Companies could face federal fines up to $2,500 and state fines upto $1,000 per violation.
The reasoning behind this law: identity theft, which causedheadaches for an estimated 7 million Americans in 2003 alone. Underthe new FACTA provision, employers could also pay an employee up to$1,000 in statutory damages on top of state and federal fines ifhis or her identity is actually stolen.
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