background screening
Government shutdown causes problems for E-Verify employers
Iowa joins program connecting DMV information to E-Verify
Records and Information from DMVs for the Iowa E-Verify (RIDE) program, joining Florida, Idaho, and Mississippi. RIDE enhances Iowa E-Verify submissions and helps to reduce document fraud by verifying driver’s license and ID card information against state records. RIDE automates motor vehicle document verification between Motor Vehicle Agencies (MVAs) and the United States Citizenship and…
Read MoreToday Show highlights the importance of employee background checks
Certegy Check Services to pay $3.5 Million for alleged violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act
FTC’s complaint alleges, among other things, that Certegy did not follow proper dispute procedures. The complaint further alleges that Certegy failed to follow reasonable procedures to assure maximum possible accuracy of the information it provided to its merchant clients, as required by the FCRA. “Inaccurate information in a consumer reporting agency’s file can have a…
Read MoreSCANA corporation and Mind Your Business
SCANA Corporation has been an energizing force throughout South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia – bringing power and fuel to homes and businesses, stimulating economic growth, spurring innovation and enriching our local communities. Behind the scenes, Mind Your Business plays a key role in ensuring the SCANA workforce is productive, reliable and efficient through the…
Read MoreCMS revokes 14,000 Medicare provider licenses since ACA
data released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Over the last four years, the Obama administration has recovered over $14.9 billion in healthcare fraud judgments, settlements, and administrative impositions, including record recoveries in 2011 and 2012. Since the Affordable Care Act, CMS has revoked 14,663 providers and suppliers’ ability to bill in…
Read MoreGov't employees three times more likely to be victims of workplace violence
Workplace Violence Against Government Employees, 1994–2011’ released by the U.S. Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics, the average annual rate of workplace violence perpetrated against local, county, state, and federal government employees in 2011 was three times greater than that of private sector workers. The annual average rate of workplace violence against local, county, state,…
Read MoreEEOC discusses Strategic Enforcement Plan progress
Mobile app developers settle with FCRA over background screening apps
A. Furnishing a consumer report to any person which respondents do not have reason to believe has a permissible purpose; B. Failing to maintain reasonable procedures designed to limit the furnishing of consumer reports to the purposes listed under Section 604(a) of the FCRA; C. Failing to maintain reasonable procedures to assure the maximum possible…
Read MoreNAPBS offers tips for screening job candidates in 2013
The National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS) published a release last week offering advice on best practices for screening and background checks. Take a look at the full release below: As employers begin to plan business strategies for the upcoming year, there is no question that personnel needs will be high on their to-do lists. To…
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