“Big Brother is watching you,” as George Orwell stated in his classic novel “1984.” Well, here we are in 2022 and we suppose Big Brother is indeed keeping an eye on employees, but recent laws now make it difficult to do so in secret. Here at...
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Is your hospital compliant? With an expanding array of regulatory requirements, healthcare organizations must regularly screen physicians, nurses, non-medical employees, pharmacists, contractors and volunteers against a variety of exclusion...
Read MoreThree costly background check mistakes – avoid those land mines!
Detail orientation, detail orientation, detail orientation – it’s a requirement for proper background screening. While this may not be headline news, we should all be reminded of this rule, and often. Our profession is defined by precise rules...
Read MoreLegal ruling provides good news for employers performing background checks
Excerpted from a Clingen Callow & McLean LLC blog by Ross I. Molho and Iman Eikram The United States Supreme Court recently held there must be a “concrete” harm before one can sue under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) TransUnion LLC v...
Read MoreCriminal background check litigation on the rise: What employers need to know
Excerpted from a Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP blog by Robert T. Quackenboss, Kevin J. White and Eileen Henderson Despite predictions to the contrary, class action litigation over criminal background checks in the hiring process has continued to...
Read MoreIt’s not rocket science – let GroupOne help with compliance!
Is your hospital compliant? With an expanding array of regulatory requirements, healthcare organizations must regularly screen physicians, nurses, non-medical employees, pharmacists, contractors and volunteers against a variety of exclusion...
Read MoreCan a job candidate refuse a background check?
We may be showing our age, but many moons ago we were standing in line at the local video store. A customer wanted to rent a video for the first time and the clerk politely provided an application to be filled out. The customer said he would only...
Read MoreCan my boss force me NOT to wear a mask at work?
Excerpted from a Wall Street Journal story by Lauren Weber As more Americans are vaccinated and state mask mandates are dropped, can my employer forbid me from wearing a mask while at work? The bottom line As long as the Centers for Disease...
Read MoreGroupOne Blog: Trends and Developments in Background Screening
Blog by Danny Davila, Director of FCRA Regulatory Risk and Consumer Compliance Advisor at GroupOne Background Screening Danny Davila will be a guest expert next Thursday, June 3 during GroupOne’s webinar “Building a Strong Background Screening...
Read MoreInvestigation claims background check could have saved city millions
Excerpted from a WDRB Story by Stephan Johnson A year-long investigation in Louisville, Kentucky uncovered new details about TARC’s former executive director. The 210-page report, released last week, says Ferdinand Risco behaved like a...
Read MoreCOVID-19 inspections under OSHA’s new National Emphasis Program to increase
Excerpted from an Akerman, LLP blog On March 12, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced a new National Emphasis Program (NEP) designed to significantly reduce worker exposure to COVID-19 by targeting industries and...
Read MoreIt’s not rocket science – let us help with compliance!
Is your hospital compliant? With an expanding array of regulatory requirements, healthcare organizations must regularly screen physicians, nurses, non-medical employees, pharmacists, contractors and volunteers against a variety of exclusion...
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