Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn On Wednesday, February 22, 2023, ClearStar – a leading provider of background checks and drug tests for employers – will sponsor a free webinar titled “Legislative Review and What to Expect in Drug Testing in 2023” hosted by Bill Current, the President and Founding Partner of the Current Consulting…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn Attorney Lester Rosen, author of “The Safe Hiring Manual” and founder of Employment Screening Resources (ESR), will moderate a roundtable discussion about “Compliance and Background Checks” on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM PT at InspireHR West. To register for the event, click here. Attendees…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn On January 31, 2023, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) – which enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination – held a public hearing to examine the use of automated systems such as artificial intelligence (AI) by employers in employment decisions, according to an FTC press release. During…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn The United States economy added 517,000 jobs and the unemployment rate dropped to 3.4 percent in January 2023, according to “The Employment Situation” report released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Job growth was widespread, led by gains in leisure and hospitality, professional and business services, and…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn Attorney Lester Rosen, author of “The Safe Hiring Manual” and founder of Employment Screening Resources (ESR), will present a live webinar to help attendees learn the basics of pre-employment background checks for employers titled “Background Checks: Best Practices, Trends, and Legal Compliance” on Friday, April 28, 2023. “To avoid…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn The “Great Resignation” where a record number of workers in the United States voluntarily resigned from their jobs continued as approximately 4.1 million workers quit in December 2022, according to the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn The “National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2023” includes Section 5705 titled “Fair Hiring in Banking” which will ease restrictions on financial institutions hiring candidates with criminal records by lessening convictions that prevent employment under Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA). Section 19…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn To help employers learn the various best practices used to select the best candidates. Attorney Lester Rosen, author of “The Safe Hiring Manual” and founder of Employment Screening Resources (ESR), will present a live webinar titled “Looking Beyond the Resume: Creative Candidate Screening” on Thursday, March 30, 2023. Employers…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) – America’s consumer protection agency – will mark its annual Identity Theft Awareness Week with a series of free events focused on how identity theft affects people and ways to reduce risk from Monday, January 30, 2023, to Friday, February 3, 2023, according…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn In January 2023, the White House announced new actions to increase fairness in the rental market that align with its “Blueprint for a Renters Bill of Rights” that the Biden-Harris Administration simultaneously released to, among other things, ensure tenant background checks are legal, fair, and non-discriminatory. The Blueprint…
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