Excerpted from Beta News By Michael Klazema Privacy is a currency these days. With social media, target advertising, and constant connectivity, it’s harder than ever to keep elements of your private life truly private. This crisis of privacy...
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Excerpted from HR Dive By Katie Clarey Inside every bodega, wedding boutique, automobile factory, there hangs a poster proclaiming that “equal employment opportunity is the law.” If it’s not there, it should be. Why? It’s...
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Did you know 33 percent of employees admit to stealing money from employers and that 30 percent of business failures are directly related to employee theft? And this is after pre-employment screening. Pre-employment screening in today’s market is...
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Excerpted from a Forbes story by Anne Field The cards clearly are stacked against formerly imprisoned inmates once they try to re-enter the mainstream. Employers often simply won’t hire ex-offenders, while many states restrict the business and...
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Excerpted from an i2verify blog by Scott Forman The Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, or PSLF, is an extraordinary program from Federal Student Aid, or FSA, an Office of the U.S. Department of Education. PSLF forgives the remaining balance...
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Blog by Danilio Davila, Executive Director, GroupOne Background Screening It’s important to understand the difference between fact and fiction. First, let’s agree there is not a single data source to provide all criminal history appropriate for...
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Excerpted from Newsweek By Jason Murdock Students of a Texas school district must drug tests before they can take part in certain extracurricular activities—including football, choir and chess. In a letter to parents, Bushland Independent School...
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Excerpted from The Gazette by Thomas Friestad Travis Heckenberg did not own any tools when he first came to work for T&D Repair in Burlington a few years ago. The 47-year-old Burlington resident did, however, carry a conviction for...
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Excerpted from CBS46 by Mea Watkins LENOIR CITY, Tenn. (CBS46) – As sex offenders continue to dodge state registries, newly released data shows that critical gaps remain in church background checks. Ministry Brands, a leading provider of church...
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Excerpted from WBUR Guide By Zeninjor Enwemeka The Baker administration wants to collect more data on ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft and impose strict new penalties on drivers who stalk riders or share their accounts with unauthorized...
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Excerpted from Benefits Pro By Katie Kuehner-Herbert Employers listen up: If you want to review a job candidate’s credit history, criminal records and other personal information on a background-check report, you must first obtain written consent...
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Fraud-prone providers slipping into states’ Medicaid programs, OIG says Excepted from Becker Hospital Review By Morgan Haefner Some state aren’t properly screening Medicaid providers who are at high risk for fraud, waste and abuse...
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