Running Background Checks in California Just Got Harder Several states, including Michigan and California, recently changed their laws affecting the criminal background checks done by employers to the detriment of not only employers, but just about everyone. criminal background checks on the public access terminals (PAT) can no longer include a full date of birth …

DOB Redaction on Background Checks
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To keep your company, your staff and your customers safe, you’ve made the smart decision to run pre-employment background checks. When researching background checks, you might have heard that complying with the laws about background checks can be extremely difficult, and in particular, if anything derogatory comes up on the background check, you must immediately …

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Can You Run Background Checks on Current Employees? Millions of companies regularly conduct background checks on job candidates because they know these screenings can help to mitigate their hiring and subsequent employment risks. Today, a growing number of companies are implementing policies to run continual background checks on current employees. Our clients know that hiring …

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You might think that hiring the wrong person is the most critical hiring mistake a company can make. It can result in poor quality work delivered to customers, dissatisfied clients, loss of reputation, internal theft, sexual harassment offenses, lawsuits and other problems…all things that can damage or destroy a company. So for any company that …

FCRA Compliance and the Most Critical Hiring Mistake A Company Can Make Read More »

In today’s very litigious society, as an employer you open yourself and your company up to an endless number of risks that could damage your business, your reputation and your bank account. That’s because when you are an employer, you are substantially responsible for your employees’ behaviors while on the job. So, if they harm …

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