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, Human Resources, News, References & Credentialing
The importance of volunteer background checks for people who work with children or who have access to Personally Identifying Information (PII) or money can’t be overstated. Background checks are proven to be the number one tool at preventing crime or workplace...
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, Criminal Records, General, News, References & Credentialing
Considering you – the taxpayer – are solely responsible for following tax law, you might want to seriously consider doing a background check on your tax preparer. Once you sign your 1040, your tax preparer is off the hook for any mistakes. The Internal...
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...
