background checks
eHarmony wants you to meet your perfect … boss?
recruit employees via social media and job listing websites. But would you consider using a matching service to pair you with your ideal job? Dating website eHarmony is counting on it — and has put three years of work into making it happen. In December, eHarmony plans to launch a new company called Elevated Careers…
Read MoreIllinois law bans background checks early in hiring process
Illinois is the latest state to pass legislation preventing employers from conducting background checks early on in the hiring process. Under the new law, which was signed by Governor Pat Quinn in July, private employers that have more than 15 employees may only conduct background checks after an interview has been conducted and the candidate…
Read MoreIll. politicians: is it moral to request background checks for undocumented children?
Fifty-seven thousand unaccompanied immigrant children have crossed the border from Mexico into the United States over the past nine months, many of them from Central American countries. Sen. Mark Kirk stated that 429 of these children were currently in custody of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Chicago, but that number was…
Read MoreAudit: 3,800 Michigan home-health workers had felony convictions
3,786 home-healthcare providers who had a previous felony conviction on record. The audit also revealed that state social workers did not meet with those who required home-health care — or their families — to determine if proper care was being provided, and that the state had spent $160 million of Medicaid’s funds improperly between October…
Read MoreReport: 10 states lack screening requirements for in-home healthcare workers
memo released by the Department of Health and Human Services, 10 U.S. states do not require any background checks on employees who work for home health agencies. There are currently no federal laws in place that mandate that background checks must be completed for those who work directly with individuals in need of in-home healthcare…
Read MoreTransportation protest: employee criminal history checks, public safety most important
Last month in Los Angeles, hundreds of California taxi drivers came together at City Hall to protest ride-sharing companies for their presumed lack of employee criminal history and fingerprint background checks, among other things. The taxi drivers protested that ride-sharing app companies — such as Lyft, Uber and Sidecar — have fewer regulations and safety…
Read MoreSmall businesses: EEOC background check guidance ‘confusing’
During a hearing in the U.S. House of Representatives in mid-June, a conversation about employers conducting criminal background checks on prospective employees led to a discussion about whether or not the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Enforcement Guidance is clear and fair to those who own small businesses. The document spans 58 pages, and can occasionally…
Read MoreUberX imposes $1 ‘safe ride fee’
Ride-sharing company UberX has begun adding a new charge to its fare, charging an extra $1 per trip, with the hopes of using the funds to improve customer and pedestrian safety. The fee will be used for background checks, motor vehicle checks, security development, insurance, and driver education, among other things. The fee will be…
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 MoreDrug testing procedures for Olympians, background checks for spectators
In addition to the world’s Olympians undergoing standard drug testing procedures, spectators will be expected to undergo a background screen in order to enter the Olympic Stadium or any other facility in which Olympic or Paralympic games will take place. Last month, the U.S. Department of State announced that all spectators attending the Olympic Games…
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