background check
Report: 'Employment Screening Practices & Trends: The Era of Heightened Care and Diligence'
The new report looks at how companies use background checks to make hiring decisions in a climate of rapidly evolving federal and state employment laws and the ongoing specters of workplace theft, violence and negligent hiring litigation. A total of 992 individuals representing a wide range of U.S. organizations that use employment screening firms completed the…
Read MoreFacebook Open Graph could prove controversial as employment screening tool
Facebook search has long been an issue among its users, with other social networks like Twitter, LinkedIn and Google+ providing much better search functionality. Many are welcoming the feature, but it’s not without its privacy concerns. While social media background screening isn’t necessarily a best practice in the employment screening process, many employers engage in…
Read MoreOFCCP question potential discrimination in criminal background checks
New Jersey plans to ban criminal 'check box' on job applications
last week by New Jersey state Senators Teresa Ruiz (D-Newark), Sandra Bolden Cunningham and Ray Lesniak would end what they described as a “discriminatory practice” against ex-offenders. The NJ Senators would like to introduce legislation to ‘ban the box’. The ‘box’, which appears on virtually all job applications, asks whether the applicant has a criminal…
Read MoreDepartment of Labor provides background check guidance
Complying with Nondiscrimination Provisions: Criminal Record Restrictions and Discrimination Based on Race and National Origin.’ The purpose of the Directive is to provide information to federal contractors and subcontractors and federally-assisted construction contractors and subcontractors (contractors) and to OFCCP personnel about: the circumstances in which exclusions of applicants or employees based on their criminal records…
Read MoreCantor: Virgina background check system should serve as national model
week suggested that Virginia’s background check system could potentially serve as a national model due to it’s mental health adjudications. The state’s two Democratic Senators, Sen. Tim Kain and Sen. Mark R. Warner, agreed with him. “There are many aspects of the Virginia background check system that are superb,” Sen. Tim Kaine said last week after a…
Read MoreNo criminal record checks for UK job applicants
this week. The Court of Appeal said it was “disproportionate” to require people applying for work to disclose all previous records, including spent offences. Home Secretary Theresa May immediately announced she would appeal the decision claiming it could put children at risk because it would be harder to screen applicants. “We are disappointed by this judgement…
Read MoreReport: 69% of businesses affected by bad hires
CareerBuilder study shows the cost of a bad hire can be extremely high. Sixty-nine percent of employers reported that their companies were adversely affected by a bad hire in 2012, with 41 percent of those businesses estimating the cost to be over $25,000. Twenty-four percent said a bad hire cost them more than $50,000, according…
Read MoreFBI proposes three gun control rules to strengthen background check process
proposed a three rule program with the goal to strengthen the background check process that’s in place for firearm background screening. The proposed rules are designed to make the instant criminal background check system more accessible to law enforcement, more useful and longer-lived. The three-point plan is laid out as follows: 1) Criminal justice agencies…
Read More10 incredible facts about employment screening
10 background check facts all employers should know – we’ve found some additional, incredible facts surrounding hiring, employment screening and protecting your business. With contributions from the Paycor Resource Center webinar on safe hiring, here’s our latest list of shocking employment check facts: 40% of resumes contain material lies or omissions about past jobs, education…
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