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How to Ensure Accuracy in Employee Background Screening

Crimcheck | Pre-Employment & Background Check Information

The accuracy of criminal records used in employment screening has become a major issue for both employers and employment background screening providers (legally known as consumer reporting agencies (CRAs)) in Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) related litigation. A recent complaint (Buckley v. Uber Technologies, Inc.

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History of Background Checks

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What do you know about the history of background checks? Here is a brief history of employment background checks that should give an idea of why it is such an important exercise from the employer’s perspective. History of background checks is often overlooked. The emergence of Negligent Hiring Laws.

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Colts Vs. Patriots–Background Check

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A Little Background Check It’s no accident that the Colts and Patriots are playing for the right to represent the AFC in Super Bowl 49. They take control of their situation, do the work, and are prepared to make the critical hiring (signing) decisions that will ensure continued success. Actually, you don’t have to imagine that.

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AmericanChecked

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AmericanChecked is a background screening company that provides comprehensive employment screening solutions for organizations of all sizes. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The company’s screening process is designed to ensure that employers make informed hiring decisions.

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How Can the Improper Use of Background Checks Could Get You Sued?

Crimcheck | Pre-Employment & Background Check Information

The company was accused of wrongly using background checks when making hiring decisions. another staffing firm – was slapped with a similar class action lawsuit for improper criminal background checks. According to the lawsuit, Aerotek conducted a criminal background check on an employee, Craig Mitchell.

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Are You Exposing Your Candidates to Identity Theft

Insperity

Your job candidates provide their confidential information, like their Social Security numbers and other personal data, to you with the expectation that it will be safe. They naturally assume that you’ll take measures to protect that information from identity theft. You have no control over outsourced information.

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What is blind recruitment – and does it work?

cipHR

Discover why hiding personal details from candidates’ applications helps to improve the diversity of new hires, and how to introduce it to your organisation using an ATS. Academic studies and research surveys suggest that bias and discrimination are rife in the hiring process. But how does it work in practice?