Many companies this year have been hauled into court for violating employment laws related to background checks. The worst part is, the people at these companies who oversee background checks had no idea the violations were taking place. They sincerely believed their background screening program was 100% compliant.Unfortunately, the majority of people who oversee their […]
On October 4, 2017, job search website Glassdoor announced that it has “doubled down on its commitment to giving those with a criminal record a fair chance” by updating its Terms of Use to prevent employers from posting jobs that violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act or the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) Enforcement Guidance on the use of criminal records […]
A Maryland man says his “life is turned upside down because he shares a name and birthdate with a felon” who shows up on his background check report, according to a report from NBC Channel 4 in Washington.NBC Channel 4 reports Christopher Jenkins of Maryland does not have a criminal record but Christopher Jenkins of Florida has […]
Consumer lawsuits filed under the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) increased by nearly 60 percent in September 2017 over the previous month, an increase that “keeps it in line with the aggressive growth in recent years,” according to litigation statistics reported by WebRecon LLC.WebRecon reports that FCRA filings increased 58.4 percent from 351 in August 2017 to 556 […]
Attention private instructors! There’s a new peer-to-peer marketplace called Schedule Any Lesson, where you can connect with consumers who want to pay you for private lessons. To help make consumers feel safe, the folks at Schedule Any Lesson will be encouraging their instructors to get a background check and each instructor’s profile will indicate if the […]
Many people ask us what a FACIS® Level 3 search entails. In order to answer this question, one must first understand what a FACIS® search is and then it helps to understand the other levels of a FACIS® search. FACIS® is an acronym that stands for Fraud Abuse Control Information System. The FACIS® database is available from […]
SafestHires, an FCRA Certified Employment Screening Agency owned by four Gulf War Veterans and run by military veterans and their families, is pleased to announce that we now offer our services at no cost to eligible companies.We are the first employment screening agency in America to provide these services at zero cost.This is how the […]
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