A good business practice is to consult competent legal counsel BEFORE encountering legal issues. This consultation should include a review of your Disclosure/Authorization forms for obtaining background investigation reports from a consumer reporting agency. On April 28, 2017, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a blog article entitled “Background checks on prospective employees: Keep required […]

An EEOC complaint  was filed by The Fortune Society against Macy’s on May 15, 2017 because “Macy’s screening practices result in otherwise qualified applicants and employees being denied job opportunities because of their criminal histories that have no bearing on their ability to perform the job”. It is important to focus on what Macy’s did […]

Headlines are usually only half the story. Don’t arrive at a quick conclusion without reading the details of a law. Always read the actual law and use competent employment legal counsel to help you interpret the law so it is applied properly in your own organization. You should review your hiring policies with such competent […]

Without background checks, felons and registered sex offenders could be taking you for a ride to your destination. Background checks work in uncovering potentially dangers people. Massachusetts officials say more than 10 percent of drivers for ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft have failed a required background check.  About 8,200 failed the checks, which are required […]

Following up and buttressing the argument in a previous post,UC Davis published a study that illustrates the propensity of bad people not changing their bad behavior. What does a study of the effect of reducing original charges from felonies to misdemeanors have to do with employment screening? The answer goes to the reason we believe […]