Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Employment Screening Resources® (ESR), a leading global provider of background checks, has released a white paper entitled “The Basics of Pre-employment Screening and Safe Hiring – What Every Employer and HR Professional Needs to Know” written by ESR founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Attorney Lester Rosen.…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn A leaked internal document claims technology company Google fired 36 employees in 2020 for incidents related to information security with some allegations involving accessing Google user or employee data, according to an article from Motherboard Tech by Vice.com that obtained the leaked internal Google document. The individual…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On August 6, 2021, Division One of the Fourth District Court of Appeal in California ruled in the case of MCKENNA v. BEESLEY that liability for the negligent entrustment of a vehicle or the negligent hiring of an individual to drive a company vehicle may be founded…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Attorney Lester Rosen, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Employment Screening Resources® (ESR), will host a webinar for Professional Background Screening Association (PBSA) members entitled “Becoming an Expert or Expert Witness in Background Screening” at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, August 18, 2021. The PBSA…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Attorney Lester Rosen, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Employment Screening Resources® (ESR), will present a session for members of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) at the hybrid 2021 SHRM Talent Conference & Expo that will be held online and in Las Vegas, Nevada,…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Attorney Lester Rosen, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Employment Screening Resources® (ESR), will present two sessions for members of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) at the upcoming 2021 SHRM Annual Conference & Expo that will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, from September…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On April 28, 2021, a United States District Court in California dismissed a lawsuit filed by a former employee – Espindola v. Wismettac Asian Foods, Inc., Case 2:20-cv-03702 (C.D. Cal.) – who claimed disability discrimination after he was terminated from his job for testing positive for marijuana…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Total nonfarm employment in the United States rose by 943,000 jobs and the unemployment rate declined to 5.4 percent in July 2021 as the labor market continued to recover from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, according to the monthly jobs report released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn A law in Connecticut that takes effect on October 1, 2021 – “An Act Deterring Age Discrimination In Employment Applications” (Senate Bill No. 56 / Public Act No. 21-69) – will prohibit Connecticut employers with three or more employees from inquiring into the age of applicants on…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The state of Louisiana has passed a law – Act No. 406 (HB 707) – that affects businesses conducting background checks on applicants before offering them a job by prohibiting employers from requesting or considering an arrest record or charge that did not result in a conviction…
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