Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Employment Screening Resources (ESR) – a service offering of ClearStar, a leading provider of Human Capital Integrity℠ technology-based services – is taking time to reflect on the company’s accomplishments in 2021. Here are some of those accomplishments, from the most recent in 2021 back to the start…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn With 2021 drawing to a close and 2022 closer on the horizon, Employment Screening Resources (ESR) – a service offering of ClearStar – is reviewing blogs about background screening issues written during this year taken from the ESR News Blog. Here are some noteworthy stories from 2021…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On April 22, 2021, the City Council of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, approved legislation – Bill No. 200625 – that would make it illegal for employers in the city to require prospective employees to submit to drug testing for the presence of marijuana before hiring them for a job.…
Written by ClearStar | Industry Insights, Tenant Screening RentTango, an innovative real estate software company, has announced it is now working with ClearStar to streamline the tenant screening portion of the leasing process on the RentTango rental property marketing and leasing platform. By working together, RentTango leverages ClearStar’s pioneering experience in screening technologies with a…
Written by ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn in the spirit of the holiday season. The Christmas holiday is when children worldwide await the arrival of Santa Claus and the presents he brings. But what do we really know about this celebrated figure? Employment Screening Resources (ESR) – a service offering of ClearStar – conducted…
Written by Todd Shoulberg | President, ClearStar Medical Information Services | For The Public Record This information is provided for educational purposes only. Reader retains full responsibility for the use of the information contained herein. The United States is in a constant state of development regarding the legalities surrounding marijuana use. Not only are states…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have announced that a background report provider and its chief executive officer (CEO) were banned from engaging in deceptive negative option marketing and would pay $21 million to resolve allegations that they used “teaser background reports”…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have announced an extension of the flexibilities in rules related to Form I-9 compliance due to the COVID-19 pandemic – which were set to expire on December 31, 2021 – to April…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On December 20, 2019, former United States President Donald J. Trump signed into law the “National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2020” (S. 1790) that included a “Ban the Box” bill called the ‘‘Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act of 2019’’ or ‘‘Fair Chance…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On December 14, 2021, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) updated its guidance about “What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws” by adding a new section to clarify under what circumstances COVID-19 may be considered a disability…
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