Colorado Employment Opportunity Act Specifies Permissible Use of Credit Reports by Employers Starting July 1

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Governor of Colorado John Hickenlooper has signed into law a bill passed by the Colorado General Assembly – SB13-018, the “Employment Opportunity Act” – that specifies the purposes for which consumer credit information such as consumer credit reports and credit scores can be used by private sector employers or potential employers with four or more…

Immigration Bill in Senate Would Require Employers to Use E-Verify Employment Eligibility Verification System

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A comprehensive immigration bill introduced in the Senate – S. 744 – would require all U.S. employers to use E-Verify, a free web-based employment eligibility verification system that compares information from the Employment Eligibility Verification, Form I-9 all newly hired workers must complete to records in Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Social Security Administration…

HR West 2013 Conference Session to Feature Negligent Hiring Mock Trial on April 23 in Oakland

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To help Human Resources professionals understand the importance of due diligence background checks, Attorney Lester Rosen – Founder and CEO of background check firm Employment Screening Resources® (ESR) – will present a session titled ‘Negligent Hiring Mock Trial: HR in the Hot Seat’ at the HR West® 2013 Conference on Tuesday, April 23, 2013. The…

Safe Hiring Expert to Teach Due Diligence in Recruiting at HR.com Virtual Conference Webcast April 22

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Attorney Lester Rosen, a safe hiring expert and Founder and CEO of background check firm Employment Screening Resources® (ESR), will present a webcast titled ‘Due Diligence in Recruiting: Don’t Play Russian Roulette with your Future’ at the HR.com Virtual Conference on Monday, April 22, 2013 from 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM ET. For more information…

NAPBS to Hold 2013 Mid-Year Legislative Conference from April 14 to 17 in Arlington VA

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The National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS®) – the voice representing the background screening industry – will hold the NAPBS 2013 Mid-Year Legislative Conference from April 14 to 17, 2013 at the Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel in Arlington, Virginia. The Conference will feature the largest collection of background screening professionals in the world…

Businesses Can Background Check Job Applicants Affordably to Avoid Bad Hires Says Safe Hiring Expert

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Business owners can perform background checks on job applicants without a great deal of expense to avoid “bad hires” of “employees from hell,” according to an article on the Santa Cruz (CA) Sentinel website that features suggestions from safe hiring expert Attorney Lester Rosen. The full article – ‘Employment Screening Resources: How to avoid hiring employee…

San Francisco Court Separates Misdemeanor and Felony Cases into Two Indexes for Public Records Research

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The San Francisco Superior Court has made significant changes to the nature of the predominantly used pre-2013 index in paper form that was until recently a combined felony/misdemeanor index, according to an alert from a Public Records Research Provider. The court has separated misdemeanor and felony cases into separate indexes issued in multiple “books” separated…

Complaints to EEOC Allege National Retailer Discriminated against Job Applicants with Criminal Records

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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the community group TakeAction Minnesota have accused a large national retailer of unfair hiring practices that allegedly discriminated against job applicants with criminal records in ten formal complaints filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). More information about this story is available…