Background Check Expert to Reveal Strategies for Reducing Insider Risk at ASIS International Annual Seminar

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Attorney and background check expert Lester Rosen, Founder and CEO of Employment Screening Resources® (ESR), will present a session titled ‘Reducing The Insider Risk: Strategies For Background Checks After Hiring’ at the ASIS International 59th Annual Seminar and Exhibits on Tuesday, September 24, 2013 from 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM at McCormick Place in Chicago,…

Medical Identity Theft in United States Increased Nearly 20 Percent in Past Year According to Survey

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Medical identity theft increased nearly 20 percent compared to the year before in the United States and affected an estimated 1.84 victims with the total out-of-pocket medical costs for medical identity theft victims reaching $12.3 billion, according to the 2013 Survey on Medical Identity Theft conducted by the Ponemon Institute and sponsored by the Medical…

Legal Landscape Regarding Social Media Background Checks of Job Applicants Not Fully Formed

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A recent Security Management article ‘Pre-employment Screening and Social Media’ examined how consideration of social media use of job applicants may become standard practice for employers during the hiring process in the future as technology improves and people spend more time online. While the legal challenges employers may face with social media background checks was…

Background Check Webinar Helps Human Resources Professionals Legally Avoid Bad Hires

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To help Human Resources professionals legally avoid bad hires, Attorney Lester Rosen, Founder and CEO of Employment Screening Resources® (ESR), will host a webinar with TrainHR.com titled ‘Negligent Hiring and Background Checks Best Practices and Legal Compliance’ on September 19, 2013 at 1:00 EDT/10:00 PDT. To register for the webinar – which has been approved for 1.5…

Background Check Expert Lester Rosen of Employment Screening Resources Joins CrimApollo Advisory Board

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Attorney Lester Rosen, Founder and CEO of Employment Screening Resources® (ESR), has joined the advisory board of CrimApollo, a provider of a unique online assessment process that helps employers use criminal record information in compliance with Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Guidance. ESR and CrimApollo are also working on a strategic relationship whereby ESR clients may…

National Association of Professional Background Screeners Celebrates 10th Anniversary at 2013 Annual Conference

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After a decade of existence, the National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS®) will celebrate ten years of being “The Voice of Screening Professionals” at the 2013 10th Anniversary NAPBS Annual Conference at the J.W. Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa in Phoenix, Arizona from September 15 to 17, 2013. For information about the 2013…

August 2013 Employment Situation Report from Bureau of Labor Statistics Shows Increase of 169000 Jobs

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Total nonfarm payroll employment in the United States increased by 169,000 jobs in August 2013 while the unemployment rate edged down to 7.3 percent and the number of unemployed persons dropped to 11.3 million, according to ‘THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION — AUGUST 2013’ report released today by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics…

August 2013 ADP National Employment Report Shows 176000 Jobs Added

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Private sector employment in the United States increased by 176,000 jobs from July 2013 to August 2013 on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to the August 2013 ADP National Employment Report® produced by Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP®) in collaboration with Moody’s Analytics. The complete report is available at http://www.adpemploymentreport.com/2013/August/NER/NER-August-2013.aspx.

New Jersey Limits Ability of Employers to Access Social Media Accounts of Employees and Job Applicants

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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has signed into law Assembly Bill A2878/S1915 that limits the ability of employers to require employees and job applicants to disclose user names, passwords, or other means for accessing social media accounts such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter or other services through electronic communications devices. The full text of New Jersey Assembly…