Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Attorney Lester Rosen, founder of Employment Screening Resources (ESR) and a noted background check expert, offered tips to members of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) who watched him speak at the 2022 SHRM Talent Conference & Expo that was held in Denver, Colorado from April…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On April 14, 2022, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Louisiana (USAO/EDLA) announced that a defendant who pled guilty to being involved in a staged collision scheme with a tractor-trailer in New Orleans brought the total number of defendants convicted in “Operation Sideswipe” to…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Beginning on April 18, 2022, New Jersey Assembly Bill 3950 (AB 3950) will require employers in the Garden State to provide written notice to employees before using “electronic communications devices” or “electronic or mechanical devices” that are used for the purpose of tracking the movement of a…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On April 12, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) – a U.S. government agency that implements and enforces federal consumer financial law – filed a lawsuit against a credit reporting agency for violating a 2017 law enforcement order “that was issued to stop the company from…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On March 30, 2022, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) – a component of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that oversees lawful immigration to the United States – published a notice in the Federal Register to invite public comments on its proposed extension and…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Minority job candidates were far more likely than White job candidates to believe that the background screening process would negatively impact them when they were trying to find employment, according to a research “flash report” about a candidate satisfaction survey released by HRO Today in January 2022.…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is urging taxpayers to stay resolute against ongoing scams and schemes by properly securing computers, tablets, and phones since solid cybersecurity protection and scam recognition are vital to reduce the threat of identity theft inside and outside the tax system, according to…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Global background screening firm Employment Screening Resources (ESR) – a service offering of ClearStar – and Human Resources (HR) services provider EMP Trust Solutions will present a free webinar on the topic of “I-9 Self-Audits: Employer Best Practices” from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time /…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn In March of 2022, United States President Joe Biden signed an “Executive Order on Advancing Economy, Efficiency, and Effectiveness in Federal Contracting by Promoting Pay Equity and Transparency” to eliminate discriminatory pay practices that inhibit the economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of the U.S. Federal workforce and the…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn In March 2022, the Office of the Michigan Auditor General released a performance audit of the state’s Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) that revealed the “UIA did not ensure pre-employment criminal history background checks were conducted on 5,508 staffing agency and MWA (Michigan Works! Agency) workers.” The “UIA…
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