Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Leading global background check firm Employment Screening Resources (ESR) will co-sponsor a webinar entitled “Managing Form I-9 Compliance in an Era of Enhanced Workforce Enforcement” presented by HR software technology company EMP Trust and featuring speaker and author Gloria Aitken, an analyst with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On June 26, 2018, voters in Oklahoma approved an initiative – State Question 788 (SQ 788) – that will legalize the use of medical marijuana. Oklahoma is now one of 30 states that permit medical marijuana usage in America. However, the use of marijuana for any purpose…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On June 25, 2018, New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced that the state’s Department of Financial Services (DFS) issued a final regulation to protect New Yorkers from the threat of data breaches at credit reporting agencies such as the massive Equifax data breach that exposed the personal…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn In April of 2018, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed into law two pieces of legislation that will affect most employers in the state when they both take effect on July 21, 2018. House Bill 2154 (HB 2154) will give employers updated guidance and notice procedures when dealing with…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is reminding employers who perform DOT-regulated drug testing on job applicants to use the revised Federal Drug Testing Custody and Control Form (CCF) that was approved in 2017 after June 30, 2018, according to a notice from the DOT. The current CCF…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On June 18, 2018, a federal judge reluctantly dismissed 16 lawsuits faulting the background check system used by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for enabling convicted murderer Dylann Roof to kill nine black worshipers in a Charleston, South Carolina church in 2015, according to the Courthouse News Service…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On June 15, 2018, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) announced that all adults who regularly work in schools – including CPS employees, coaches, volunteers, and vendors – will undergo background checks for rescreening before school starts for the 2018-2019 academic year, according to a CPS press release. The…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Pri Murphy, a National Account Executive for Employment Screening Resources® (ESR), will present a session entitled “Background Screening Trends for California Employers” at the 2018 San Francisco HR Star Conference taking place on Wednesday, July 11, 2018, from 8:15 AM to 4:45 PM, at the South San…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Attorney Lester Rosen, founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Employment Screening Resources® (ESR), will present the session “A Strategic Approach to a Legally Compliant and Effective Background Screening Program” (E352) on Tuesday, June 19, 2018, from 4:00 PM to 5:15 PM Central Time, during the 2018…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has approved a series of revisions to the “Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People” that includes requiring all people who have contact with minors to undergo background checks, according to a story from the National Catholic Reporter (NCR).
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