Excerpted from The Philadelphia Inquirer story by Colin Moynihan Target agreed Thursday to revise guidelines for how it screens people seeking jobs at its stores, a step meant to quell complaints that the retailer discriminates against Black and...
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GroupOne Background Screening representatives will be hosting a booth during the Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals (TORCH) Annual Conference and Trade Show, April 10-12 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Dallas. This year’s...
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Excerpted from Center for American Progress post by Rachel West, Rebecca Vallas, Phil Hernandez, and Sharon Dietrich Between 70 million and 100 million Americans—1 in 3—now have some type of criminal record. Having even a minor record—including...
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Excerpted from The Wall Street Journal article by Maria Armental Target Corporation has agreed to pay more than $3.7 million and overhaul job-screening guidelines for hourly workers to resolve a civil-rights class-action complaint that alleged...
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Blog by Danilio Davila, Executive Director, GroupOne Background Screening Most employers take a great deal of time on the accurate and thorough validation of a candidate at the time of their initial interview. Whether a candidate goes through...
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Excerpted from a KING5 news story by Jenna Hanchard The Tacoma City Council is deciding how to expand services for the homeless, while protecting volunteers and city staff. The City of Tacoma is dealing with its largest homelessness crisis right...
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Excerpted from a Washington Post story by Donna St. George When a substitute teacher was accused last month of sexual misconduct, Jim Bartley and other parents at Cloverly Elementary School were stunned. It was not just that they found the...
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Excerpted from a THE FIX story by Paul Fuhr Some companies have been forced to change their stance on screenings in the wake of an ever-tightening job market and marijuana legalization. Pre-employment drug screenings, a decades-long staple of the...
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Excerpted from an SHRM Blog by Eva Del Rio Q: What do you think about offbeat interview questions such as “Tell me a joke” or “If you could only choose one song to play every time you walked into a room for the rest of your life, what would it...
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Excerpted from a Troutman Sanders blog by Scott Kelly and Timothy St. George On March 20, Naples Hotel Group LLC removed a putative Fair Credit Reporting Act class action to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. The...
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In a world with so much information online, it is only natural for employers to use such resources to their advantage. While a standard criminal background check is a good investment to shed light on a potential employee, an applicant’s social...
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Excerpted from a Troutman Sanders post by Tim J. St. George & Meagan Mihalko On March 9, PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. moved to dismiss a class action complaint filed by Damian McCoy in the Western District of Pennsylvania. McCoy sued...
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