Background checks: A $600K FCRA compliance mistake
Excerpted from an HR Morning Blog by Carol Warner Background checks are essential to hiring – but even small compliance missteps can lead to significant legal risk and costly settlements. Barnes & […]
The history of employment background checks
Did you know pre-employment background checks have only existed for approximately 60 years? Since GroupOne Background Screening has been around for 37 of those years, we can proudly say we’ve […]
College’s background check misses 3 exposure charges
We ran across this unfortunate case in Florida pertaining to background checks. A college had hired an accomplished man to serve as communications director late last year. At the time […]
National landlords’ screening process inspires lawsuit
Excerpted from an NBC News article by Gretchen Morgenson Two large private-equity-backed landlords discriminated against prospective tenants by relying on screening systems reporting inaccurate information about applicants’ previous evictions and […]