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The UK has decided to withdraw its membership from the European Union. Despite the result, data protection standards are unlikely to be affected...
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If business people ran recruiting … they would assign a “hire by date” to each must-hire candidate, because these valuable in-demand candidates...
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Firing your worst employee is worth more than twice as much as hiring a superstar, claims new Harvard research. “While a top 1% worker might...
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Continuing the nationwide crackdown on the use of criminal history as a factor in employment decisions, California’s Department of Fair...
MoreThe Way Forward for Federal Background Investigations
The Federal Government announced a series of changes to modernize and strengthen the way we conduct background investigations for Federal...
MoreBackground Checks More Cumbersome Than Ever
With companies facing hacking and age-old threats like workplace violence, a thorough system for screening out problem employees is more important...
MoreBad Background Check Leads to Class Actions, Including Against Freeman Webb
A man who says he was wrongfully fired over false information in a background check has filed a pair of class-action lawsuits in federal court...
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Claims brought against employers under the FCRA arising out of one aspect or another of employers’ background investigation procedures have...
MoreTesting Employer Background Screening Practices
Changes in federal sentencing guidelines will result in the early release of thousands of inmates from prison over the next several years. The...
MoreBackground Checks More Accurate When Done by Private Sector Companies: Stuart Pratt, Consumer Data Industry Association
An opinion piece by Shantell George claimed that background checks done by private sector businesses were inaccurate. However, she failed to offer...
MoreOhio Employers Need Not Be Hazy About Marijuana in the Workplace
Every employer in Ohio and surrounding states must now begin to develop workplace controls to fully address the legalization of marijuana in Ohio...
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