Tag Archives: employment screening

Ninth Circuit Decision, a Month Later – What it Means for Employers

With the news ninth circuit decision regarding disclosure and authorization forms still buzzing, now is a great time to review your documents to ensure that they are compliant. The highlights for employers are that: First, this decision has to do with the disclosure. Read More »

E-Verify is Back up and Running

With the end of the partial government shutdown, many federal programs and services are back online and ready for use. If you are using E-Verify, there are some special circumstances that need to be noted to remain in compliance coming out of the Read More »

Where fingerprint based background checks can fall short.

Consumer Reporting Agencies (like Advanced Reporting) are often asked what the differences are between fingerprint based background checks and name based background checks. Fingerprint based background checks are only as good as the databases they pull the information from, and databases – including Read More »

Using Google and social media in your hiring process? Things to consider:

The use of social media and search engine sites like Google in hiring decisions is becoming more and more prevalent in today’s society, but is it something that you should be including as a part of your pre-employment screening? A lot of consumer Read More »