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Department 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 MoreNAPBS response to Today Show report on background screening
NBC Today Show report about pre-employment background checks, which implied background check firms make errors that cause innocent people to lose their jobs and suggested such incidents were regular occurrences. Here is the response in full: “NBC’s Today Show and reporter Jeff Rossen have done a disservice to employers and the general public by focusing on…
Read MoreOver 50% of hiring managers have hired an applicant with a criminal record
Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics, and a recent Career Builder survey suggests that 51% of human-resource managers reported that their organization has hired one of these individuals. The study included 2,298 U.S. hiring managers and human-resource professionals and was conducted between May 14 and June 4, 2012, and went on to ask hiring managers to share what job…
Read MoreCity of Columbia requires background checks for the homeless
background checks on the homeless individuals that hope to stay there. “Those who stay at the shelter must register and provide identification, which will be verified. That information is shared with police, who then may choose to run warrant checks to see if tenants are wanted on criminal charges”, according to The Slate. Homeless advocates…
Read MoreAustralia facing backlog for Working with Children background checks
Perth Now. The review said there was “some risk to the community” from at least 40 people with criminal records who were able to work with children while waiting for their assessment. There are also countless others working with children – whose applications are stuck in a backlog of almost 10,000 – which have not yet…
Read MorePenn. State introduce new background check policy
criminal background check before approval of their work at the University. Three of the University’s prior policies (HR69, HR95 and HR96) have been combined into the new HR99 policy, “Background Check Process,” incorporating a more comprehensive procedure that also ensures compliance with recently issued U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidelines on background checks. “To provide…
Read MoreUK police failing to perform background checks
report came out of the UK this week that claimed UK police were failing to perform simple background checks, which was allowing foreign rapists to “slip through the net”. In many cases, officers failed even to ask about previous convictions because they thought the process was too difficult. It seems a strange and shocking revelation…
Read MorePanhandlers in NC may face a background check
pay $20 a month. Under the proposed rules, panhandlers would be required to get a permit every 30 days through the sheriff’s office. The first month’s permit would be free, but panhandlers would pay $20 for each subsequent permit. “It’s just gotten way out of hand,” said Marlene Hill, executive director of the Greater Cleveland…
Read MoreResidents angry hiring goes ahead without background check
background check still pending. This particular situation is going on in DeFuniak Springs, Florida – where city council members say they’re still on-track to hire new city manager Mike Standley next Monday, even though a background check may not be completed by then. Some residents were already upset the council agreed to hire Mike Standley…
Read MoreEmployment verification: deciphering fact from fiction
background check process. Such employment verification will weed out fraudulent applicants that are unfit for the position, while opening up company doors to those whose claims are valid. When it comes to the employment history part of an employment verification process, you should require the applicant to submit a list of previous employers with dates…
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