Black Applicants Suing NTT Data Make Pitch for Class Claims

Workers who claim NTT Data Inc.‘s criminal background check policy for job applicants illegally screens out black job seekers told a federal court they should be allowed to pursue their lawsuit as a class.

Their Aug. 15 class action complaint satisfies federal pleading requirements, they say in a Dec. 12 brief opposing the IT service provider’s motion to dismiss the case.

The class complaint alleges that NTT Data’s practice of categorically pulling job offers from applicants if their background check turns up a past felony conviction disproportionately affects blacks, who are statistically much more likely to interact with the ...