Our employment lawyers recently filed a lawsuit arguing that Vons failed to provide the required standalone disclosure prior to obtaining background checks/consumer reports for employees and job applicants. To read a copy of the complaint, click here: Vons lawsuit complaint.

Vons May Be Failing to Provide Standalone Disclosures

In order to obtain a background check/consumer report, federal and state law require an employer to provide a standalone disclosure that is clear and conspicuous.

Our lawsuit argues that Vons failed to comply with this requirement because the disclosure was contained in the middle of a job application with lots of other information. As a result, the lawsuit alleges that job applicants did not understand the disclosures and were not aware that Vons would be obtaining background checks on them.

The intent of the federal and state laws is to allow job applicants a meaningful opportunity to consent to having a background check obtained. Our lawsuit argues that as a result of Vons’s failure to provide a standalone disclosure, job applicants and employees were denied this opportunity.

Our California Employment Law Practice

Our California employment attorneys – with over 50 years of collective experience litigating under California employment law – know how to fight for employees’ rights and get them the money they deserve. We’ve recovered tens of millions of dollars for California employees and represent individuals as well as class actions in virtually every area of California employment and labor laws: California overtime law, off the clock violations in CA, breach of contract disputes, California independent contractor law, sexual harassment, employee misclassification, discrimination, as well as mass layoffs in violation of the California WARN Act. Our California employment lawyers are repeatedly recognized for their expertise litigating in California. Founding partner Eric Gibbs has been selected as one of the Top Plaintiff Lawyers in California. And seventeen of the firm’s attorneys were selected as Northern California Super Lawyers and Rising Stars, a distinction received by less than 5% of attorneys in Northern California.

Our Employment Attorneys

Steven Tindall

Steven Tindall has specialized in employment and class action litigation for over twenty years. He has been lead or co-lead counsel on several cases that resulted in settlements worth over $1 million.

Jeff Kosbie

Jeff represents workers and consumers in class actions and other complex lawsuits involving data breaches and consumer privacy, employment law, and other corporate misconduct.

Amanda Karl

Amanda represents employees, consumers, and sexual assault survivors in complex class action lawsuits nationwide. She also leads the firm’s Voting Rights Task Force.

Linda Lam

Linda Lam focuses her practice on representing consumers, small businesses, and employees in complex litigation. Previously, she represented workers and retirees at a national employment law firm.

About Us

Gibbs Law Group is a California-based law firm committed to protecting the rights of clients nationwide who have been harmed by corporate misconduct. We represent individuals, whistleblowers, employees, and small businesses across the U.S. against the world’s largest corporations. Our award-winning lawyers have achieved landmark recoveries and over a billion dollars for our clients in high-stakes class action and individual cases involving consumer protection, data breach, digital privacy, and federal and California employment lawsuits. Our attorneys have received numerous honors for their work, including “Top Plaintiff Lawyers in California,” “Top Class Action Attorneys Under 40,” “Consumer Protection MVP,” “Best Lawyers in America,” and “Top Cybersecurity/ Privacy Attorneys Under 40.”