Webinar Series
We are the only service provider that hosts informative, educational webinars addressing the latest trends and legal issues affecting background checks for our Clients.Our quarterly series of webinars are designed to help Clients make smart decisions and help them save money.
Risks of Doing Social Media Searches for Pre-Employment Purposes
Many popular social media websites like Twitter, LinkedIn, MySpace, Facebook, and the like allow users to provide a great deal of detail regarding their personal background and lifestyle, including their relationship status (which can thus reference their sexual orientation), their affiliation or prior service with a branch of the military, their religious beliefs, their physical disabilities, and often, their current employer (or status as unemployed)....read more.
Best Practices for Employment Drug Screening
Substance abuse is at the highest level in nearly a decade. Studies have revealed that 10-20% of workplace accidents are related to drug abuse. The decrease in productivity by intoxicated, absent, and tardy employees represents a significant annual financial loss for employers ...read more.
Best Practices for Selecting a Background Screening Company
In today’s competitive business environment, employers have many options for background screening. Choosing a qualified vendor is not an easy process. And selecting the wrong vendor can cost your business expensive legal fees and settlement costs for failure to adhere...read more.
Top 10 Mistakes When Conducting Background Checks
Employers often have false senses of security when performing background checks. Did you know the result of a nationwide criminal database search, by itself, is not permissible for employment purposes? Are you sure your background screening vendor is licensed...read more.
Employment Background Screening Myths vs. Facts
Dangerous people - it's therare organization that does not have some. They come in all shapes, colors,sizes, and genders. It is a well-documented fact that at least two out ofevery five applications contain one major fabrication. What an employer doesn'tknow can, and almost...read more.
Criminal Background Screening Policy
U.S. EqualEmployment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is an independent federal agency thatenforces laws against workplace discrimination and also investigatesdiscrimination complaints involving an individual's race, color, nationalorigin, religion, sex, sexual orientation...read more.
What every Employer Must Know About the FCRA
The fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) is a U.S. federal law (codified at 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq.) that regulates the collection, dissemination, and use of consumer information, including consumer credit information and was passed...read more.
How Employment Applications Affect Background Checks
Employers should give careful consideration to the questions used in their employment applications, because often the application itself has a direct affect on the outcome of...read more.
