Background Checks & Investigations
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Civil Rights Commission to Hold Hearing on Impact of Criminal Background Checks on Minorities
Three panels are scheduled at the 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. hearing, which is open to the public. They will feature speakers from government officials and scholars; business and advocacy groups and trade associations.
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Survey: 29% of Employers Find Fake Job References
Twenty-nine percent of employers have caught fake references on candidate applications, according to a survey from CareerBuilder.
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Screening the Screeners
In the wake of HireRight Solutions' $2.6 million penalty, background screening services are under greater scrutiny.
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Staggered Introduction of North Carolina E-Verify Compliance Dates Begins in October
Under legislation approved by North Carolina's General Assembly last year and signed into law by Governor Beverly E. Perdue in June 2011, employers with between 100 and 500 employees have until Jan.
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SHRM Survey: Fewer Employers Conducting Credit, Criminal Checks of Job Applicants
The survey also found that an applicant's negative credit information is not a barrier to hiring, with 80 percent of the respondents saying they hired an individual with a poor credit report.
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Employers Could Unlike Outcome of Facebook Password Requests
No court has specifically addressed the legality of a social media background check. 'Privacy is very much a floating concept,' one expert says.
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Survey: 37% Use Social Media to Check Candidates
Thirty-four percent of hiring managers and human resources professionals said they found information on social media that caused them not to hire a candidate.
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Lagging Economy Aside, Interviewees Say the Darndest Things
Job board giant CareerBuilder listed some of the most unusual interview experiences based on an online survey of more than 3,000 employers.
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FTC Warns Mobile App Marketers Providing Background Checks
The Federal Trade Commission has sent letters to marketers that the agency says may be providing criminal background information to employers through the marketers' background screening applications—an activity the FTC says may violate the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
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Pepsi Settles EEOC Charges of Racial Bias in Screenings for $3M
Under Pepsi's former policy, job applicants who had been arrested pending prosecution were not hired for a permanent job even if they had never been convicted of any offense.
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Best Practices for Conducting Criminal Background Checks
From the National Employment Law Project's guide Criminal Background Checks: A Best Practices Guide for Employers:
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Background Checks Push Envelope for Employers, Job Candidates Alike
The growing practice of peeking at job candidates' social media activity has raised the bar for background checks, but also elevated concerns over privacy and legality.
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Background-Check Tool Keeps Tabs on Sex Harassment Cases
Since mid-2010, the latest technology tool by ebosswatch.com has been nearly as popular among human resources and hiring managers as it has been with job seekers.
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California Laws Bar Credit, E-Verify Checks of Most Employees
On the federal level, observers cited an October hearing by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as a warning that employers should brace themselves for such legislation.
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Legal Experts Stress That Social Media Background Checks Create Risks
Performing an Internet search on a job applicant is akin to interviewing them, according to a lawyer who spoke at a session on social media at the annual Risk & Insurance Management Society Inc. conference in Vancouver.
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Stark Surroundings, Specialized Industry a Challenge to Texas Firm's Recruiters
B&W Pantex recruiters had to convince candidates that there is a bright future in the rather unglamorous field of nuclear weapons storage, and that living in the dusty, remote panhandle of Texas is a destination rather than a career stopover.
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Recruiters May Not Get What They Seek When Screening Candidates
Here's the Catch-22 about checking credit: An applicant who has been unemployed for months may have no choice but to rack up debt and fall behind in paying bills.
