The Fraud Abuse Control Information System includes federal and state sources for exclusions, sanctions, debarments, and disciplinary actions against healthcare professionals and businesses.More commonly known as the “FACIS” (pronounced FACE-ISS) search, it’s used by healthcare organizations as a pre-employment screening tool to protect against fraud and abuse. Many people ask us what kinds of fraud an […]
The use of criminal background checks for employment purposes has become increasinglycommon over the past decade. According to a CareerBuilder survey from 2016, 72% ofemployers run some type of background check on every new employee. Of the employersusing background checks, 82% are vetting new hires for criminal history.Employers often expect criminal history searches to include […]
The subject of using employment credit reports in the job application process has been in the news lately. Currently ten states (California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont and Washington), the District of Columbia, and the cities of Chicago, New York City and Philadelphia have passed laws restricting the use of credit reports […]
We recently announced that we updated our automated adverse action process in our systemto include the individualized assessments, special disclosures and candidate feedback loops thatare required in numerous Ban-the-Box jurisdictions and strongly encouraged by the EEOC.When you initiate Pre-Adverse Action, a popup window will appear, prompting you to typethe specific reason for initiating Pre-Adverse Action […]
HR Tech Outlook Magazine has named SafestHires a Top 10 Employment Screening firm for 2019. We received this honor because our background screening technology provides a superior experience in terms of compliance, speed, accuracy and ease-of-use. We invite you to read the magazine article hereYou can view the certificate here
Background Check Disclosure Forms Must Be Clear, StandaloneBy David N. AnthonyThe United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit made clear that a prospective employer violates the standalone requirement of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) by including extra material, such as state disclosure requirements, that goes beyond basic and clear authorization language.Reiterating […]
NTMA Members To Get Employment Background Checksand Drug Testing Services at Discounted RatesSafestHires, Inc., a veteran-owned employment background checks agency and the National Tooling and Machining Association (NTMA) have partnered to help ensure NTMA member companies are protected with accurate, compliant background checks. NTMA has nearly 1,300 members, representing more than $30 billion in sales.Under the partnership, […]
Thank you for agreeing to an intro call / online demo with me.All of us at SafestHires are passionately committed to serving others, which means everyclient is treated like they are the most important 🙂SafestHires is owned by four military veterans with distinguished service in foreign wars.Doing business with veteran-owned companies is great PR and […]
SafestHires Implements New Feature ThatFully Automates The Adverse Action ProcessIn an effort to make its background screening technology even more convenient for its customers, SafestHires has implemented a new feature that fully automates the adverse action process.The new feature eliminates steps to manually download and email Adverse Action Notices and prevents users from having to […]
Purple Mountain Insurance Clients To Get Employment BackgroundChecks and Drug Testing Services at Discounted RatesSafestHires, Inc., a veteran-owned employment background checks agency and Purple Mountain Insurance (PMI) have partnered to help ensure that PMI clients are protected with accurate, compliant employment background checks. Under the partnership, SafestHires will provide criminal and civil background checks, driving records, verifications, […]