Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On March 23, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) – a U.S. government agency protecting consumers – announced it gave final approval to a settlement with a background check firm over allegations the company misrepresented participation in and compliance with the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework that enables…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On April 1, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) – which helps businesses comply with federal consumer financial law – issued guidance to help data furnishers and consumer reporting agencies (CRAs) comply with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) in response to the passing of the…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On January 31, 2020, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) – a government agency overseeing lawful immigration to the United States – published a new Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification with a version date of “10/21/2019.” Employers must use the new version of the Form I-9…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Due to the evolving Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic affecting the world, Attorney Lester Rosen, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Employment Screening Resources® (ESR), will record a session about “Legal and Effective Reference Checking, Credential and Education Verification” for the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) that…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The United States economy lost 701,000 jobs and the unemployment rate rose to 4.4 percent in March 2020, reflecting the effects of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the efforts to contain the pandemic, according to the jobs report for March 2020 released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL)…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) – a federal agency that enforces workplace anti-discrimination laws – has updated its “Pandemic Preparedness in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act” guidance that was created during the 2009 H1N1 swine flu pandemic to clarify exactly how the…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Employment Screening Resources® (ESR) – a leading global background check provider headquartered in California – is using best practices for background check processing during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic to help its clients adjust to the new normal while operating under a business continuity plan. “ESR has…
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