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Fair Chance Hiring and Criminal Background Checks

Sterling Check

Corporate America, and indeed companies around the globe, are increasingly evaluating their hiring practices and overall diversity and inclusion policies to ensure they are playing a positive role in addressing and eliminating systemic racism. What Exactly are Fair Chance Laws?

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Employers Paid Out $174M to Resolve Background Check Lawsuits

Cisive

A new compilation of court records finds that over the past decade employers have paid out over $174 million to resolve class-action lawsuits alleging that they violated federal rules governing the use of background-check reports on job applicants. million), Uber Technologies ($7.5 million).

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Fair Chance Hiring Practices

Sterling Check

Today’s job market and social climate demands that HR professionals consider overall diversity and inclusion policies to ensure they are playing a positive role in addressing and eliminating systemic racism. Ban the Box” or “Fair Chance” laws are designed to remove barriers in hiring for individuals with criminal records. “Ban

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Understanding Disclosure and Authorization Forms

Crimcheck | Pre-Employment & Background Check Information

As an end-user of background reports, Employers are assigned numerous responsibilities, including providing and procuring certain disclosures and authorizations to and from consumers. FTC Staff Report, July 2011, p. What is Background Check Authorization? What is Background Check Authorization?

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Perspective: Why #1 Matters in Background Screening

Aurico

Ethically minded consumers, anti-globalists, and informed investors are not just concerned with whether a product or service is good; they also want to know how any company they partner with is publicly perceived. It is for this reason that it is increasingly crucial to do business with a reputable background screening company.

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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. The fact which captivated the staffing industry was the allegation that Amazon’s staffing company, Staff Management Solutions , was to “blame” for the lawsuit. In December 2014, Aerotek Inc. The criminal records weren’t his.

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How Resume & Employment Verification Protects Employers

Cisive

Resume fraud is a global problem that affects employers, the gig economy, and volunteer agencies whether they are screening in the U.S., screening people with history outside of the home country, or screening outside of the U.S. A recent incident of resume fraud in the U.K.