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Alabama and Tennessee introduce new employment legislation
The Beason-Hammon Alabama Taxpayer and Citizens Protection Act Alabama’s new immigration law, Act No. 2011-535, is widely considered to be the toughest immigration law in the nation. While some parts of the law have drawn legal challenges, most of the provisions relating directly to employers have survived. Effective January 1, 2012, as a condition for…
Read MoreFive steps to performing a background check
employment checks on both current, and prospective, employees. But understandably, when you realize what a challenge they can be, it’s easy to skip them. To make things easier for you, here’s our five step process to performing a background check: 1) Get professional help The first way you can make the background screening process a lot…
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Pepsi sued for using background checks incorrectly
agreed to pay $3.1 million to settle federal charges of race discrimination for using criminal background checks to screen out job applicants — even if they weren’t convicted of a crime. Using arrest and conviction records to deny employment can be illegal if it’s irrelevant for the job, according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission…
Read More350 New Jersey school board members forced to resign
[/caption] Failure to have completed the background check by Dec. 31 is an offense and officials who refuse to step down could be charged with a fourth-degree crime under the new law. “If you don’t complete the background check, and you try to stick around, you risk going to jail. It’s as simple as that,” said…
Read MoreHenderson County optimistic for 2012 jobs
Henderson County has weathered stormy periods with unemployment in the four years since the recession hit, but there is hope that 2012 may show improvement. In January 2008, the county’s unemployment rate was 3.8 percent as reported by the N.C. Department of Commerce Division of Employment Security, formerly the N.C. Employment Security Commission. But the…
Read MoreTough background checks for Washington care workers
legislation to kick into gear in 2012. The law imposes stricter background checks on newly hired care home workers, and was overwhelmingly approved by voters back in November. Washington long has done state-level background checks for long-term-care workers it oversees, and it has checked workers’ names against abuse registries. DSHS also has done fingerprint and…
Read MoreFBI shows rise in background checks
purchasing guns on Black Friday of this year, it seems there was no letting off by gun-seekers. FBI background check records show December was a record month for gun sales in the United States. Devon Sustaire with City Pawn Shop in Jacksonville said gun sales at the store reflected the national trend, according to the Jacksonville…
Read MoreEmployment screening predictions for 2012
employment screening industry over the last twelve months, and at MYB we feel we’ve got a pretty idea of which trends will continue and which will fall by the wayside. With that in mind, we’ve come up with our three predictions for what to expect in the employment screening industry in 2012: Increase in Diploma…
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