Archive for June 2017
DISA to build new, advanced background screening system
The system will be used by the National Background Investigations Bureau (NBIB), which replaced the Federal Investigative Services on Oct. 1, 2016. NBIB has now secured $50 million from the White House’s 2018 budget (which also committed $15 million to E-Verify) to continue to build the new background screening system. Prototyping an engineering of the…
Read MoreTarget settles credit card data breach case for $18.5 million
$18.5 million settlement with Target in response to allegations that more than 40 million customers had their payment card information compromised during the 2013 holiday season, after the retailer failed to provide reasonable data security. California will receive more than $1.4 million – the largest share of any state – from the settlement, which also…
Read MoreOregon prohibits employers from screening applicants based on salary history
Oregon Equal Pay Act of 2017 (HB 2005), which will prohibit employers from screening job applicants based on salary history. The bill is part of a new trend being seen across the country, with local and state government working to shrink pay gaps between genders, races, and those in other protected classes. Under HB 2005,…
Read MoreThe hidden benefits of the gig economy
an estimated 7.6 million Americans to be regularly working as providers in this segment by 2020. Often, this segment receives negative connotations, focused on low wages, minimal worker rights, and at-will employment. However, there’s another side to the story. Figures from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) and the ONS suggest that easier routes into self-employment…
Read MoreUS approves social media background checks for visa applicants
according to Reuters. The new questions, part of an effort to tighten vetting of would-be visitors to the United States, was approved on May 23 by the Office of Management and Budget. The State Department said earlier the tighter vetting would apply to visa applicants “who have been determined to warrant additional scrutiny in connection…
Read MoreMay 2017 employment: US adds 138,000 jobs
The Employment Situation‘ report released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate in the United States remained stable at 4.3%, while the economy added 138,000 jobs, in May. Since January, the unemployment rate has declined by 0.5 percentage point, and the number of unemployed has decreased by 774,000. This is…
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