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5 Things Employers Need to Know About the Fair Credit Reporting Act
It’s not easy to keep up with the legal trends in employment background screening. One of those trends is the recent wave of lawsuits being filed against employers for violations of the Fair Credit...
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The Toll Snow Days Can Take on Your Background Check Process
Brrrrr it’s been cold … and snowy … and icy!!!! No, this isn’t my way of forcing uncomfortable chitchat while we wait for a conference call to start. I actually have a point here. The Winter of 2014 is...
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Implementing Drug and Alcohol Testing at Non-U.S. Operations
By Danielle Urban Many U.S.-based employers perform pre-employment, post-accident, or random drug testing, and with some exceptions, are generally permitted wide latitude in deciding when to conduct...
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Ban the Box Legislation: San Francisco Is the Latest to Join In
It’s official — San Francisco has banned the box. Employers in the City and County of San Francisco may no longer inquire about criminal history on employment applications or during interviews. Titled...
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New York Attorney General Blasts Background Screening Process
Last week, a press release from the New York Attorney General’s office raised some eyebrows about background screening practices — not an uncommon headline these days. According to the release, “Four...
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Nebraska Decides to ‘Ban the Box” – But Only For Public Employers
Last week, Gov. Dave Heineman signed off on a ban the box provision for the State of Nebraska. The “box” in question is the somewhat controversial check-box on job applications that asks prospective...
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Baltimore’s New Ban-the-Box Law Imposes Criminal Penalties
Baltimore is the latest major U.S. city to “ban the box.” Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is expected to sign a controversial bill that prohibits both private and public employers from asking job...
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The Background Check Checklist: Avoiding Pitfalls in Screening Process
By Samantha Southall There was a time when employment background checks were reserved for those entering very specific careers; government jobs with access to sensitive information, those working...
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Ignite HR 2014: Why You Should Hire Criminals
As I’ve said before, Ignite HR is an intriguing and very different type of conference format. Speakers get only five (5) minutes, 20 slides and exactly 15 seconds per slide for their presentation, and...
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Indiana Restricts Criminal History Info That Might Be Sent to Employers
Effective July 1, Indiana has a new rule on what information “criminal history providers” can report in employment background checks. This latest version of Ind. Code § 24-4-18-6 makes a technical...
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Ban the Box Has Turned Into a Big Employer Problem
Ban the box has gone viral. And while the removal of this little check box has potentially made life easier for job seekers with a criminal past, it has created much confusion and frustration for...
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Are You Googling Job Candidates? When You Do, Everyone Loses
Editor’s Note: Readers sometimes ask about past TLNT articles. That’s why we republish a Classic TLNT post every Friday. Years ago, I asked HR professionals to stop Googling candidates. In short, it is...
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The Dark Side of Silicon Valley: A Tech Space-Driven Drug Culture
By now, many of you are familiar with the Google executive that was killed on his yacht last year by a call girl who is accused of injecting him with a fatal overdose of heroin. In the aftermath of...
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San Francisco’s New Hiring Law: It’s “Ban the Box” on Steroids
Things aren’t getting any easier for employers in California. As I posted way back in February, San Francisco has banned the box. Effective next week, Aug. 13, 2014, employers in the city of San...
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Weekly Wrap: Sweet Little Lies? Not When They’re in Your Resume
Raise your hand if you have never, ever fibbed on a resume. Slightly fudging your previous experience, education, and job credentials has always been a time-honored tradition, and in the past,...
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New Jersey Latest State to Ban the Box in Employment Applications
By Eric B. Meyer Come Jan. 1, 2015, most New Jersey employers will no longer be able to ask about an applicant’s criminal record during the initial employment application process. That’s right. Ban the...
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City of Austin Shows the Wrong Way to Handle “Ban the Box”
Question: What do you get when you combine “ban the box” compliance with utterly idiotic hiring practices? (I know I’m supposed to be diplomatic but no can do in this instance.) Answer: Ask the city of...
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: What You Should Know About Ban the Box
Cue the Western music…. A lot of employers are nervous about a new villain riding into town called “Ban the Box.” It refers a movement that has been successfully convincing legislators to force...
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Congress Critical of EEOC’s Policy Towards Background Checks
Congress is showing signs of life in the constant fight for employers to conduct reasonable background checks. Representative Tim Walberg, R, Mich., chairman of the House Subcommittee on Workforce...
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New Washington D.C. Law Goes Well Beyond Ban the Box
With over a year of debate and some last-minute amendments, the District of Columbia’s Council recently passed a ban-the-box law that includes its own unique list of considerations before an employer...
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