Maryland Latest US State to Place Restrictions on Use of Credit Checks by Employers

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Joining four other U.S. states – Hawaii, Illinois, Oregon, and Washington – prohibiting the use of credit information by employers, Maryland has enacted new legislation placing restrictions on so-called credit checks by employers that use the credit report or credit history of job applicants or employees for employment decisions. The law, known as the ‘Job Applicant…

Webinar Reviews International Employment Screening Background Checks

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To help employers in the United States better understand background checks done overseas, Attorney Lester Rosen, President of Employment Screening Resources (ESR), a background screening company accredited by the National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS), will present a 60 minute live webinar – ‘Conducting International Background Checks – Best Practices, Trends and Legal Compliance’…

City of Philadelphia to Restrict Employer Use of Criminal Record History

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Joining a growing list of cities and states imposing restrictions on employer inquires into criminal record history, the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has passed legislation that restricts employer inquiries into, and use of, criminal record history information. On April 13, 2011, Mayor Michael Nutter signed Philadelphia Bill 110111-A, the Fair Criminal Record Screening Standards Act, which…

New Data Confirms Trend of Outsourcing Jobs Outside of US with Offshoring Affects Unemployment

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Adding to the debate over whether globalization negatively affects the U.S. economy, new data from the U.S. Commerce Department shows that multinational corporations in the United States – familiar big brand-name companies which employ nearly 20 percent of all American workers – reduced their domestic workforce by 2.9 million jobs during the last decade while…

USCIS Issues Final Rule on Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 Process to be Effective May 16

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The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced a final rule that adopts the interim rule in effect since April 3, 2009 that improved the integrity of the Employment Eligibility Verification (Form I-9) process by changing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regulations governing the acceptable documents for completing the Form I-9 process. The…

Many US States Considering Bills Limiting Use of Credit Reports for Employment Screening Background Checks

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While only four U.S. states – Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, and most recently Illinois – currently have laws limiting or prohibiting credit checks by employers on job applicants and employees, lawmakers in many U.S. states are currently proposing legislation restricting the use of credit reports for employment screening background checks. In all, lawmakers in 18 U.S.…