Top Ten Background Check Trends for 2014 to Be Announced by Employment Screening Resources

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Nationwide accredited background check firm Employment Screening Resources® (ESR) will soon announce the 7th Annual ‘ESR Top Ten Background Check Trends’ for 2014  featuring emerging and influential trends in the screening industry chosen by ESR Founder and CEO Attorney Lester Rosen. After first being presented on the ESR News Blog, each trend will appear on…

San Francisco Proposes Ordinance to Ban Most Private Employers from Asking about Criminal Records on Job Applications

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Legislation proposed by members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors – Ordinance No. 131192 – would expand existing “Ban the Box” rules that prevent city agencies from asking applicants about criminal convictions on job applications to include most private employers in the city, according to a San Francisco Chronicle report. Ordinance No. 131192 is available at https://www.esrcheck.com/file/San-Francisco-Board-of-Supervisors_Ordinance-131192.pdf.

Safe Hiring Manual Author Lester Rosen Speaks about Hiring Practices and Social Media in Paycor Webinar December 11

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Attorney Lester Rosen, author of ‘The Safe Hiring Manual’ and Founder and CEO of Employment Screening Resources® (ESR), will speak about hiring practices and social media in a webinar sponsored by leading HR software provider Paycor on Wednesday, December 11 at 2:00 p.m. ET. To register for the webinar, visit: https://paycorsupport.webex.com/paycorsupport/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=717530580.

Background Check Expert Lester Rosen to Speak at NCHRA Workshop about Hiring Safe and Qualified Workers on December 10

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Attorney Lester Rosen, Founder and CEO of background check firm Employment Screening Resources® (ESR), will present a three hour workshop for the Northern California Human Resources Association (NCHRA) titled ‘Hiring Safe and Qualified Workers Using Pre-Employment Background Checks’ on Tuesday, December 10, 2013 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM PST in San Rafael, California. For more…

Safe Hiring Expert Lester Rosen to Present Webinar on California Background Check Laws December 2

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Since the Golden State has a unique set of background check laws, Attorney Lester Rosen, Founder and CEO of San Francisco, CA-area based Employment Screening Resources® (ESR), will present the webinar “Dealing with ‘Only in California’ Laws Regulating Employment Screening and Safe Hiring” on Monday, December 2, 2013 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 Noon PT…

Study Finds Social Media Background Screening by Employers May Discriminate against Job Seekers

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The study ‘An Experiment in Hiring Discrimination via Online Social Networks’ by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) has found that sharing too much personal information on social networks may lead to hiring discrimination by employers using social media to screen job seekers, according to a story available at http://www.cmu.edu/homepage/computing/2013/fall/too-much-information.shtml.

Class Action Lawsuit against Background Firm Alleging Fair Credit Reporting Act Violations Demonstrates Importance of Legal Compliance

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The importance of legal compliance and background checks was underscored in the filing of a class action lawsuit in the Los Angeles County Superior Court on November 1, 2013 against a Florida based background screening firm for violations of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).  The lawsuit seeks statutory damages that can be $100…

New E-Verify Security Enhancement Helps Deter Employee Fraud

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The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that a new security enhancement to the E-Verify electronic employment eligibility system program will help combat identity fraud by identifying and deterring fraudulent use of Social Security numbers (SSNs) for employment eligibility verification. The complete announcement from the USCIS is available at http://www.uscis.gov/news/new-security-enhancement-helps-e-verify-deter-employee-fraud.

Background Check Firms Agree to Pay More than 18 Million Dollars to Settle Claims of FCRA Violations

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Two background check firms have agreed to pay $18.6 million to settle three class action lawsuits alleging violations of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) for “failing to take reasonable measures to ensure the accuracy of background check report provided to prospective employers.” A story by TopClassActions.com about the lawsuits is available at http://www.topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/lawsuit-news/5437-background-check-firms-agree-to-18m-class-action-settlement.