Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn In August 2022, the New York City Council reintroduced the “Fair Chance for Housing Act” which would allow landlords to consider the criminal history of potential tenants who are listed on the sex offender registry but otherwise limit the use of background checks, according to a report from…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Attorney Lester Rosen, the founder of Employment Screening Resources (ESR) and the author of “The Safe Hiring Manual,” has shared his many years of experience in background screening in an article about “Ten Things Employers Should Know about Pre-employment Background Checks — A Crucial Part of the…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On February 15, 2022, Rhode Island Senate Bill 2371 (S 2371) was introduced to require any person who is an owner, officer, director, manager, or employee of any of the licensed marijuana industry establishments in the state to submit to a national criminal background check that would…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On January 31, 2022, State Auditor Kathleen McGuiness stated that “Delaware’s 19 school districts and the Department of Education (DOE) could improve their criminal background check processes for people with the opportunity to have personal contact with students,” according to 20 newly issued performance audits. “My audit…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn A review of the background check system used by Baltimore County in Maryland by the County’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) found that more than 1,000 County employees had never undergone a background check while other County employees had been charged with crimes that were not…
Written by ClearStar | Industry Insights, Tenant Screening RentTango, an innovative real estate software company, has announced it is now working with ClearStar to streamline the tenant screening portion of the leasing process on the RentTango rental property marketing and leasing platform. By working together, RentTango leverages ClearStar’s pioneering experience in screening technologies with a…
Written by ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn in the spirit of the holiday season. The Christmas holiday is when children worldwide await the arrival of Santa Claus and the presents he brings. But what do we really know about this celebrated figure? Employment Screening Resources (ESR) – a service offering of ClearStar – conducted…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn An “11th-hour attempt” by the “lame duck” New York City (NYC) Council to pass a “controversial” bill, Proposed Int. No. 2047-A, that would prevent landlords from conducting criminal background checks on potential tenants has left landlord groups “in an uproar,” according to a news report from CBS…
Written By ClearStar ClearStar, Inc. (“ClearStar”), a leading provider of Human Capital Integrity℠ technology-based services, specializing in background and medical screening, is pleased to announce it has acquired Employment Screening Resources (ESR), a highly respected background screening firm. This transaction is ClearStar’s second acquisition in the past 120 days and is part of an ongoing…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On October 28, 2021, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) reached an agreement to settle civil cases arising from a 2015 mass shooting at a church in Charleston, South Carolina, involving a firearm background check that allowed the shooter to purchase the gun used in the…
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