Background Screening Accreditation Program Proof of Increased Emphasis on Professionalism in Industry

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When the National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS®) was formed in 2003 as a professional trade association for the background screening industry, the idea of an accreditation process was a central driving force in order to demonstrate that background screening was a professional endeavor. Currently, NAPBS accreditation is quickly becoming a requirement of many…

Diploma Mills Offering Fake Degrees and False Credentials Likely to Increase in Tight Job Market

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A 2011 report from Europe’s leading background screening firm revealed an astounding 48 percent increase worldwide in the number of known fake diploma mills in the previous year, and the number of what the report describes as “largely online entities whose degrees are worthless due to the lack of valid accreditation and recognition” is likely…

New California Law Penalizes Employers for Willful Misclassification of Independent Contractors in 2012

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Effective January 1, 2012, a new California law – Senate Bill 459 (SB 459) – imposes stiff penalties that range between $5,000 to $25,000 for the “willful misclassification” of independent contractors by employers “avoiding employee status for an individual by voluntarily and knowingly misclassifying that individual as an independent contractor.” To read SB 459, visit:…

Employment Screening Lawsuits Increase as Attorneys and Consumers Become Familiar with FCRA Laws Regulating Background Checks

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Consumers and attorneys are looking more closely at background check reports and laws governing employment screening and filing more lawsuits against employers. On one hand, employers are being sued by victims that alleged the employer failed to perform adequate screening. On the other, employers and background screening firms also face lawsuits from job applicants complaining…

New E-Verify Laws Create Complex Web of Federal and State Rules for Employers

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While federal law mandates that federal contractors and subcontractors in all states must use the otherwise voluntary electronic employment eligibility verification system known as E-Verify, several U.S. states – including Alabama, Arizona, California, Georgia, and North Carolina – recently enacted laws mandating the use (or non-use) of E-verify, a free web-based system that allows employers to…

Offshoring Personally Identifiable Information Outside of US Increases Concern Over Privacy and Identity Theft

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A new California law due to take effect January 1, 2012 – Senate Bill 909 (SB 909) – appears to be one of the first in the nation that addresses the growing concerns over the controversial practice of “offshoring” personally identifiable information (PII) collected during background checks of job applicants by sending the data outside…

Top Background Check Trends for 2012 To Be Announced by Employment Screening Resources

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The Fifth Annual ‘ESR Top Ten Trends in Employment Background Checks’ for 2012 from Employment Screening Resources (ESR), a nationwide background check company accredited by The National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS), will be announced by ESR founder and CEO Lester Rosen in the coming weeks on the ESR News Blog at https://www.esrcheck.com/wordpress/. Each…