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Employment pre-screening to keep your business protected
90 percent of companies now implement employment pre-screening. The fact that 10% of all background checks have at least one serious red flag, suggests that organizations which do implement an employment screening program are right to do so! Nonetheless, employment screening is a complex industry. It’s tough to understand as a newcomer. Any employer that…
Read MoreMYB welcomes a new Director of Government Solutions: Annice Brown
Hendersonville, NC, December 2nd, 2015 – Mind Your Business is thrilled to announce the hiring of a new Director of Government Solutions. Annice Brown will be filling the role of director and joining MYB’s prestigious team. Brown will be responsible for the development of MYB’s services within the government sector. She will be focused on…
Read MoreGrocery stores settle class action suits over FCRA violations
three large grocery store chains have found themselves the target of lawsuits for violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act. All three of them chose the wiser route, to settle the class action lawsuits rather than risk going to court and losing their cases. Whole Foods, Food Lion/Delhaize, and Publix Supermarkets each settled out of…
Read MoreEEOC Annual Report shows 92,641 cases resolved & $525 million awarded
Fiscal Year 2015 Performance and Accountability Report (PAR). This report discusses activities during the past fiscal year from October 1, 2014 through September 30, 2015 that were designed to meet the priorities outlined in the EEOC Strategic Enforcement Plan (SEP) for Fiscal Years 2012-2016. Jenny Yang, EEOC Chair, highlighted three key areas of success in her…
Read MoreAmazon violates Federal Law with employee background checks
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). When he applied for a job with Amazon as a “puller” at one of the online retailer’s distribution centers in November 2013, Williams also filled out a form giving SMX the authority “to obtain his consumer report for employment purposes.” That form stated that if anything is found in the…
Read MoreMYB awarded EEO Contracts – We Mind their Business so they don’t have to!
Hendersonville, NC, May 20, 2015 — Last month, Mind Your Business Inc., (MYB), was awarded two new contracts to conduct Administrative Management Inquiries for Federal Government Agencies, and a contract to write Final Agency Decisions for a federal government agency. Headquartered in Hendersonville, N.C., MYB also has an office in Washington, D.C., covering the entire…
Read MoreVermont becomes latest state to ban the box
hiring policy that removes questions about criminal records from the first part of job applications for state employment. Agencies will continue to conduct background checks, but only after an applicant has otherwise been found qualified for the position. The policy will prevent applicants from being immediately screened out of state jobs because of a criminal…
Read MoreVEVRAA hiring benchmark drops again
revised regulations implementing the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act, effective April 2014, require federal contractors to develop an annual hiring benchmark for protected veterans. This benchmark must be based on either (1) the national percentage of all veterans in the civilian labor force; or (2) a five-factor analysis taking into account various veteran and contractor…
Read MoreEEOC and FTC offer joint tips on use of employment background checks
Background Checks: What Employers Need to Know and Background Checks: What Job Applicants and Employees Should Know. According to a press release from the EEOC, the agencies emphasize that employers need written permission from job applicants before getting background reports about them from companies in the business of compiling background information. Furthermore, they reaffirm that it is…
Read MoreSo…what exactly do pre-employment screening companies do?
too many risks, both legally and financially, for business owners to forgo background screening in the hiring process, including lawsuits, employee drug use, employee theft and violence in the workplace. Almost 30% of businesses that fail could have been saved with effective employment screening. Keep that in mind as you’re considering your hiring programs. So…
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