Background Screening, Criminal Records, Driver’s Records, General, Human Resources, Industry Solutions, News, References & Credentialing, Seasonal
Conducting background checks on full-time and part-time employees is standard hiring procedure for millions of employers, but questions still linger over whether businesses can screen independent contractors, freelancers and vendors. Let’s tackle some of the existing...
Background Screening, Criminal Records, General, Identity & Credit, Industry Solutions, News, References & Credentialing
It’s critical that you request to view your background check results, because if the information is inaccurate, you can dispute your background check report. Mind blown?? Good. That’s what we were hoping for. We can’t tell you how many times we hear from job...
Applicant-Entry Solutions, Background Screening, Clinical Services, Criminal Records, General, Human Resources, Identity & Credit, Industry Solutions, News, References & Credentialing
Using social media as a screening tool sometimes seems too good to be true. And, if you don’t follow the law, it can be. This law firm reports that there is “nothing inherently unlawful” about social media snooping. But if, as an employer/boss/hiring...
Background Screening, Criminal Records, General, Industry Solutions, News
Many airports are beefing up background checks on workers in response to concerns about potential terror threats at our nations airports. Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta has just announced that it will re-screen workers every two years to comply...
Background Screening, General, Human Resources, Industry Solutions, News
We’ve spent a great deal of Q4 and Q1 focusing on the enormous amount of class action lawsuits stemming from violations of background check law. We can’t stress this enough: If you’re not paying close attention to your internal background check procedures, or to the...
Applicant-Entry Solutions, Background Screening, Criminal Records, General, Global Solutions, Human Resources, Industry Solutions, News
Nearly two months into 2016, and the year is already shaping up to be transformative for the background screening industry. Here’s some trends we’ll be keeping an eye on: How the federal government will respond to President Obama’s “Ban The Box” directive The...