2022 – Page 16 – Employment Screening Resources

DOJ and EEOC Warn Against ADA Discrimination when Employers Use Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Employment Decisions

2022, EEOC, TechnologyBy ESR WPadmin May 16, 2022

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On May 12, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released technical assistance documents about disability discrimination when employers use artificial intelligence (AI) and software tools to make employment decisions, according to DOJ and EEOC press releases. Employers use AI…

Workforce Drug Test Positivity Rate Climbed to Highest Level Since 2001

2022, Drug TestingBy ESR WPadmin May 13, 2022

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn In 2021, the rate of positive drug test results in the U.S. workforce reached its highest rate since 2001 and was up more than 30 percent in the combined workforce from an all-time low in 2010 to 2012, according to the 2022 Quest Diagnostics Drug Testing Index™ (DTI)…

Credit Reporting Agencies Will Remove Medical Debt from Credit Reports

2022, Credit ReportsBy ESR WPadmin May 12, 2022

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Effective July 1, 2022, the three nationwide credit reporting agencies (NCRAs) – Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion – will remove nearly 70 percent of medical collection debt tradelines from consumer credit reports to support consumers faced with unexpected medical bills, according to a joint statement from the three NCRAs.…

Appeals Court Finds FCRA Does Not Establish Right to Dispute Background Check Report Directly with Employer

2022, FCRABy ESR WPadmin May 11, 2022

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On May 3, 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit found that there was no provision of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) that established a right for a prospective or current employee to dispute or explain the contents of a background…

EEOC and DOL Host Roundtable for Workers with Gaps in Employment History

2022, EEOCBy ESR WPadmin May 10, 2022

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn In April 2022, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) hosted a virtual roundtable titled “Untapped Potential: Reimagining Equity for Workers with Gaps in Employment History” as part of the Hiring Initiative to…

ClearStar Sponsoring Webinar on Drug Testing Laws in Most Populated States

2022, Drug Testing, WebinarsBy ESR WPadmin May 9, 2022

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On May 25, 2022, ClearStar – a Leading HR-technology company specializing in background, drug, and medical screening services – is sponsoring a free webinar that will take “A Deep Dive Into 5 States’ Drug Testing Laws” with presenter Bill Current, President and Founding Partner of the Current…

April 2022 Jobs Report Shows 428,000 Jobs Added in Month

2022, Jobs ReportBy ESR WPadmin May 6, 2022

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The United States economy added 428,000 jobs and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.6 percent in April 2022, according to the monthly jobs report released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Job growth was widespread, led by gains in leisure and hospitality, in manufacturing, and in…

Survey Finds Most Healthcare Workers Experience Workplace Violence

2022, Workplace ViolenceBy ESR WPadmin May 5, 2022

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn More than nine in ten healthcare workers – 92 percent – have experienced, or been in close proximity to, workplace violence from a patient or a patient’s caregiver in the past month, while three in four have encountered both verbal and physical assaults, according to a survey…

Job Openings in United States Hit Record-High of 11.5 Million in March 2022

2022, Jobs ReportBy ESR WPadmin May 4, 2022

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Where have all the workers gone? Job openings in the United States reached a record-high of 11.5 million jobs in March 2022, the highest level in the history of the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) that has been released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s…

“Great Resignation” Sees Record 4.5 Million Workers Quit in March 2022

2022, Jobs ReportBy ESR WPadmin May 3, 2022

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The “Great Resignation” in the United States saw a record 4.53 million workers quit their jobs in March 2022, beating the previous series high of 4.51 million in November 2021, according to the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of…

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