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M&A Friday! This Week’s HR Deals and Trending #HotInHR News

Advos

EBI Named the #1 Enterprise Background Screening Company on 2018 Baker’s Dozen List. Ranks for the Third Time on HRO Today’s Baker’s Dozen for Pre-Employment Screening. InfoMart Founder Tammy Cohen Wins Silver Stevie® Award For Maverick of the Year. Week in Review – Popular Content.

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4 Tips for Improving Your Background Checks

InfoMart

October 4 2018. 4 Tips for Improving Your Background Checks. Tammy Cohen , PHR, SHRM-CP. Running background checks on candidates is a crucial step in the recruiting process. Making a bad placement can sour a relationship with a client or cost your company valuable resources.

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Crimcheck’s 30th Anniversary

Crimcheck | Pre-Employment & Background Check Information

2018: We achieved over 2,000 automations in daily processes. Starting in 1991, as Insight Research, 2 team members began to help companies by offering pre-employment screening and background checks for their applicants, making their job less complicated and increasing employee retention across the boards.

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2018 Baker’s Dozen Winner [Enterprise]

Crimcheck | Pre-Employment & Background Check Information

On Thursday, November 15, 2018 Crimcheck was announced an overall enterprise leader in the Pre-Employment Screening category during the annual Baker’s Dozen Award ceremony, hosted online by Elliot Clark, CEP of HRO Today Magazine. The post 2018 Baker’s Dozen Winner [Enterprise] appeared first on Crimcheck.

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Clearing the Fog Surrounding Cannabis Law

Peopletrail

Both marijuana and hemp fall under the cannabis umbrella — the latter being federally legalized in 2018 while the former remains illegal at the federal level. . Employers must comply with both federal and state labor laws. When all is said and done, the legalities of cannabis revolve around the specific compounds that are isolated.

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Employers Must Use Updated FCRA Notice of Rights Beginning September 21, 2018

Goodhire

As you may have seen in recent news, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a new version of two important forms used in pre-employment screening: the document titled A Summary of Your Rights Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act , and another document, Remedying the Effects of Identity Theft , which is routinely provided by consumer (..)

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Increase Hiring Success with Behavioral Style Assessments

Close HR Connections News & Insights

In 2018, Best Buy and CVS reached agreements with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to stop using their personality assessments after investigations found that the tests likely adversely impacted applicants based on race and national origin. In 2015, Target agreed to pay $2.8