Employment Screening Resources President Presents Webinar on Background Screening Best Practices with IOMA Institute of Finance and Management

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By Thomas Ahearn, ESR News Blog Author, speaker, and safe hiring expert Lester Rosen, President of Employment Screening Resources (ESR), the company that literally wrote the book on background checks, will present a webinar titled ‘Background Screening Best Practices: How to Use the Web to Conduct Searches & Avoid Legal Landmines’ with the Institute of…

Error in Criminal Database Search during Background Check Falsely Labels Candidate a Crook

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By  Thomas Ahearn, ESR News Blog A story from south Florida demonstrates how criminal results found in database searches during background checks may be incorrect and the problems and embarrassment that can result from such mistakes. According to a report on NBCMiami.com, a candidate running for Cooper City, FL commission named David Nall was falsely labeled a…

Adverse Action Letters under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and Employment Screening Background Checks

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By Lester Rosen, ESR President From the ESR mail box: Here is a frequently asked question dealing with the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and the pre-adverse and post-adverse action notices.  Suppose an employer has two finalists for one position. The employer submits both names for background checks and both candidates have clear background…

New Case from New York Gives Potential Guidance on Issue of Which State Law Applies for Reporting Criminal Records

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An ongoing issue for employers and background screening firms is the question of what law applies when a criminal record is found in one state impacts an employment decision in another state.  Since state reporting laws can vary widely, employers and screening firms are sometimes left without clear guidance if a criminal record can be…

Employment Screening Expert Lester Rosen to Present Session on Background Checks at SHRM Annual Conference

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By ESR News Staff Employment Screening Expert Lester Rosen, President of Employment Screening Resources (ESR), a leading employment screening firm headquartered in the San Francisco area, will present a session on background checks at the SHRM Annual Conference and Exhibition on June 30, 2010, in San Diego, California. The annual event — the world’s largest human resources…

New Case Demonstrates How the Details are Everything if Taking Adverse Action on a Current Employee Due to a Background Check

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A new federal district court case demonstrates the importance of handling the adverse action process correctly when terminating an existing employee due to an unsatisfactory background check. In the case decided on February 26, 2010 by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio (2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17373), an employer ran a…

Background Check Expert Lester Rosen Presents Webinar on How Social Media Use During Employment Screening Can Trigger Privacy Lawsuits

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By Les Rosen, Employment Screening Resources Lester Rosen, President of Employment Screening Resources (ESR), a leading international employment screening background check firm headquartered in the San Francisco area, will present a national webinar for a leading business information site on employment screening on Thursday, April 22, 2010 at 2:00 PM EST / 11:00 AM PST.…

Discrimination Lawsuit Shows Importance of Employer Policy on the Use of Criminal Records During Background Checks

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By Thomas Ahearn, ESR Staff Writer A recently filed class action lawsuit “ which alleges that one of the largest management consulting firms in the world conducted background checks that discriminated against African-Americans and Latinos“ underscores the importance of employers understanding the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) policy regarding the use of criminal records…