Important New California Hiring Laws for 2018
The New Year brings four significant changes to the hiring process for California employers. For the remaining forty-nine states and territories the California model becomes the “best practice” format that will eventually be implemented nationwide. It’s important to understand that pre-employment background checks are completely legal and even recommended in California and throughout the United…
Read MoreTop 5 Settlements of 2017 for FCRA Violations, Number 1 is Record Breaking!
Compliance doesn’t just protect the applicant, it protects you! FCRA lawsuits for improper background check procedures are costly and below are a few of the highest settlements of 2017. You can bet if these huge companies are falling prey to simple FCRA regulation mistakes, smaller companies must always be vigilant. 5) JPMorgan $1.25 Million. J.P. Morgan…
Read MoreCompliance starts with HireSafe background check disclosure and authorization forms.
Last month the supreme court declined to hear the case Syed v M-I, LLC. This case found the employer willfully violated FCRA statute dictating FCRA disclosures must be separate from any other notifications or authorizations. The employer in this case included a liability waiver with the disclosure and the court found this action alone was…
Read MoreThe cost of not background checking your potential employees
As attorneys continue to ramp up advertisement for their services we have seen an increase in lawsuits against employers. While a lot of these have to do with violations of FCRA guidelines and improper procedures when background checking new employees, some have to do with what happens after a candidate is hired. Recent lawsuits filed…
Read MoreIt’s the season for avoiding inaccurate and non-compliant background checks
With black Friday at the end of the week the holiday season is upon us. This time is for family, warm fires with friends and for seasonal hiring. Companies have made hiring choices for this time of year and maybe even ran a few background checks on employees. Unfortunately, this is also the season for…
Read MoreCompliant Paperless Employment Background Checks Protect the Applicant and Save You Thousands!
Recently HireSafe made the change to entirely online background checks, our goal was to ensure safety from lawsuits for our clients, protection of basic rights for their potential hires and to protect and continue to offer the services we provide. Entirely online background check procedures greatly reduce the possibility of failing to be compliant with…
Read MoreWhat a National Criminal Background Check Won’t Tell You About Your Potential Employee
A misconception in the employment background check industry is that a single nationwide database exists that can be used to immediately ensure the safety of your potential hire. In reality, no completely accurate national database exists and any that might be good enough, are not available to the public. Unfortunately, far too many businesses, churches,…
Read MoreWhat is an Individualized Assessment? Where does it fit into the background screening process?
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or EEOC created guidelines in 2012 that outlined the best practices for use of arrest and conviction records in employment screening. These guidelines were meant to avoid a disparate impact on protected classes considered under the EEOC. An article SHRM from January discussed how upcoming regulations would utilize the EEOC…
Read MoreWhat do I do if the background report I just got makes me not want to hire a candidate?
Whenever a negative report comes in it can stir a lot of mixed feelings, especially if the information in that report makes you consider not hiring. Before you decide, before you contact the candidate, before you tell your hiring manager to give them a call and definitely before you draft a rejection letter you need…
Read MoreLooking for a cheap background check report? Not so fast says US federal appeals court!
According to Reuters, the U.S. Supreme court will hear a case on whether a California company willfully violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) by publishing false online data. On Tuesday, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals revived California resident Thomas Robin’s lawsuit accusing Spokeo Inc. of violating the FCRA by publishing a damaging…
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