Fair Credit Reporting: 2.7.8 Detective, Employment Agencies, and Employers
An employment agency that gathers information about consumers and reports the information to prospective employers will often be a CRA under the FCRA. For example, an employment agency that prepares lists containing names of employees fired for cause is a CRA.752 However, many communications by employment agencies that would otherwise be considered consumer reports are excluded from the definition of a consumer report.753