Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn The United States economy added 528,000 jobs and the unemployment rate edged down to 3.5 percent in July 2022, according to the jobs report released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Job growth was widespread, led by gains in leisure and hospitality, professional and business services,…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn The Professional Background Screening Association (PBSA) – a non-profit trade organization that represents the background screening industry – will hold the 2022 PBSA Annual Conference in person in Aurora, Colorado, from September 11 to 13, 2022, and virtually from September 13 to 15, 2022. To register for either…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn On August 10, 2022, leading global background check provider ClearStar and leading social media background screening company Social Intelligence™ will host a free live webinar titled “Social Media Background Checks: Supporting Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) in the Digital Age” that will examine how toxic online content…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn The “Great Resignation” that has seen a record number of workers in the United States resign from their jobs continued in June 2022 as 4.2 million workers quit during the month, according to the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn On July 28, 2022, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced the issuing of a consensus study report titled “Evaluation of Compensation Data Collected Through the EEO-1 Form” which studied the EEOC’s historic and first-time collection of pay data from certain private employers and federal contractors completed…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn On July 26, 2022, a jury in Dallas County awarded $7 billion in punitive damages against a cable company for “systemic safety failures” that led to the “negligent hiring” of a field technician who murdered an 83-year-old customer in her home in 2019, according to a news report…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn On July 26, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) penalized an auto servicer for repeatedly providing inaccurate information to nationwide credit reporting companies and failing to take proper measures to address inaccurate information identified between 2016 and 2020, according to a CFPB news release. The order from…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn In July 2022, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) released a report titled “Indicators of Workplace Violence, 2019” which provides findings on fatal and nonfatal crimes that occurred in the workplace or…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn On March 30, 2022, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) – which secures America from threats – published Federal Register notice 87 FR 18377 to invite public comments on its proposed extension and revisions to “Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification” before the document expires on October 31,…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn On July 19, 2022, a former employee of a logistics company filed a class action lawsuit that claimed the alleged procurement of background checks for employment purposes without the required disclosures and written authorization in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), according to a report on…
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