Fresh Direct Must Face Suit Claiming Criminal Check Hiring Bias

Fresh Direct LLC and a firm it used for on-site job recruiting must face a class lawsuit alleging it extended bogus job offers as an end-run around New York City’s fair chance law for workers with criminal records, a federal judge ruled.

Henry Franklin plausibly alleges the offers were “feigned” so Fresh Direct and Vertex Global Solutions Inc. could claim they complied with a 2015 amendment to the New York City Human Rights Law, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York said. The amendment was designed “to level the playing field” for New Yorkers arrested or ...