Times Reports: Error-laden criminal background checks cost jobs, report says April 12, 2012 By Ricardo Lopez, Los Angeles Times The National Consumer Law Center says background screening companies often produce inaccurate or misleading reports that can result in employers deciding not to hire job applicants. Here is our favorite part of the article: “Background screening … Read more

By Duane W. Gang, The Tennessean A Tennessee driver’s license examiner faces federal charges for issuing licenses to unqualified applicants in exchange for thousands of dollars in bribes, authorities said Thursday. Prosecutors filed a federal criminal complaint Wednesday against Larry Murphy, 54, of Antioch, who served as a state Department of Safety supervising driver’s license examiner … Read more

A news article published by the Los Angeles Times has recently showed that not only small companies can succumb to the dangers of hastily performed or incomplete background screenings.  The Department of Homeland Security has been found to have hired a multitude of individuals who have been indicted on, or convicted of, corruption related charges … Read more

Existing laws are in place that governs the way, in which, a criminal history can be used in the hiring process with regards to pre-employment screening.  A recent meeting of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was held in Washington D.C. on July 26, 2011 which may start changes to these very laws. “On Tuesday, July … Read more

News for Employers Regarding the Citizenship of Job Candidates. Effective March 18, 2011, a new system called “E-Verify Self Check System” will become available to job candidates wishing to check their authorization status prior to applying for jobs.  These candidates will now be able to identify errors in the system that was previously only available … Read more

Background Check’s on Subcontractor’s Subcontractors Background Checks on Subcontractors Revisited. A few months ago we drew attention to the importance of screening not only full-time employees but also your company’s subcontractors.  A Story from Mississippi shows the importance of not only having a policy in place for your subcontractors but also verifying that the subcontractors … Read more

Would your company pass an I-9 Audit? Do you even know what an I-9 audit is? Many states are initializing legislature to make the consequences for hiring illegal immigrants more severe.  States like Arizona seem to be getting all of the headlines for their work to reduce the amount of employers hiring illegal immigrants but … Read more

More People than Ever Conducting Background Checks in US. “More employers are conducting background checks before hiring during the employment process. A report of a survey of 606 individuals from United States organizations conducted in May 2010, and released by EmployeeScreenIQ, found that 70% of respondents perform background checks for more than 80% of their … Read more

Is it Time to Revisit Company Background Check Policies? Due to frequent changes to the legislation that governs the background check and pre-employment screening it is important that you do not set your policies and forget about them. ” Checking an applicant’s references and background is a crucial step in the hiring process. To do … Read more

Back to Basics with Pre-Employment Screening How Do You Know When Job Applicants Are Lying? ” We all know that job candidates embellish, enhance, exaggerate – call it what you will – to make their CV and of course themselves, more appealing to hiring managers. There has been a great deal of research into the … Read more