For those of you interested in keeping up with the latest in background screening compliance and the laws that affect your use of employments background checks, check out our latest publication, “BTW: Your Guide to Staying Out of Hot Water”. This compliance resource has been crafted by our VP of Compliance and General Counsel, [...]
Not every criminal background investigation is the same and results may differ. You need to be aware of the fact that a criminal background search must be done carefully if it is to be specific. As an example – identity – when you're doing your research on a person confirm it's the person you actually [...]
Background investigations have gotten to be part of our humdrum lives, and are performed by many individuals every day. It is easy to do a background probe on somebody completely for nothing. Go to one of the top search engines ,eg Google or Yahoo. Type the person’s name using quotes in the search box, e.g. [...]
In October 2010, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) created stricter drug testing rules for employees of federally regulated employers that include lower cutoff levels for substances like amphetamines and cocaine. At the same time, the DOT added substances like ecstasy and heroin to the required drug testing list for transportation workers in public and [...]
Chalk this story up to something a background screening provider most likely will not do now or in the future: ethnicity testing. Massachusetts Republican party leaders are calling for Harvard University to investigate faculty member and U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren for lying about her ethnicity. Warren claimed that she was Native American which GOP [...]
Are there truly any free background probe offered online? Well, if you'd like to discover the anwer to this question then carry on reading as I shall reveal the things which you really should know about the free techniques to check on the background of an individual person. In actual fact there are many options [...]
According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Survey Findings: Workplace Violence, published on February 29, 2012, more than one third of organizations reported that they have experienced violence or threats of violence in their organization. Therefore, it is critical that all employers understand the risks of workplace violence and potential responses to these [...]
By now, many of you might have heard that new Yahoo! CEO, Scott Thompson misrepresented his educational qualifications. But unlike some other high profile cases we’ve seen over the years (see Radio Shack CEO and MIT Dean of Admissions stories), Thompson didn’t say he had a graduate degree that he didn’t have. He said that he [...]
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy A Milwaukee woman recently had her employment terminated at a major bank after a background check turned up a shoplifting conviction from 1972. Throw in the fact that the woman has not had a conviction since and worked for the bank for the [...]
After getting several enquiries from folks asking how it may be possible to run an online background search on somebody, we made a decision we should write a quick article going over how it is possible to get details about anybody. It’s essentially surprisingly simple to reveal comprehensive details on anyone’s history thanks to the [...]