pre-employment background checks
New proposal would augment background checks for ride-share drivers
A proposal to strengthen background checks for ride-share drivers, such as those who drive for services like Uber and Lyft, was recently released by the California Public Utilities Commission on their website. The proposal sets forth three enhancements: It requires that the background check companies that ride-sharing companies use be accredited by the Background Screening Credentialing…
Read MoreCalifornia bill bans asking job applicants about salary history
California employers could no longer ask job applicants about their salary history under a new bill authored by Assemblywoman Susan Talamantes Eggman, Assembly Bill (A.B.) 168. The new legislation would ban employers from requesting the pay history of a job applicant in an effort to close the gender pay gap. The bill would also require employers to…
Read MoreE-verify may soon be required for all businesses
Earlier this month, Congressman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) introduced a bill – “The Legal Workforce Act” (H.R. 3711) – which would require all U.S. employers to use E-Verify to check the work eligibility of new hires. The bill phases in mandatory E-Verify participation for new hires in six month increments beginning on the date of enactment, depending on…
Read More88% of applicants lie on their resume – often around their education
HireRight’s 2017 Annual Benchmark Report, 88% of recruiters surveyed found a lie or misrepresentation on resumes and/or job applications. Education was a popular area for applicants to deceive potential employers. John Challenger, chief executive of Challenger, Gray & Christmas, a Chicago-based outplacement firm, says that not having a diploma is one of the things many applicants…
Read MoreThe future of background checks in the gig economy
study and forecast from Intuit. The rise of the gig economy is part of a broader long-term growth trend in the contingent workforce, which is expected to reach 43 percent by 2020. When talking about the gig economy, most are referring to flexible, independent job opportunities such as: Transportation and/or logistics for people or products…
Read MoreRevised Form I-9 to take effect January 22, 2017
Get it here. Employers may continue using the current version of Form I-9 with a revision date of 03/08/2013 until Jan. 21, 2017. After Jan. 21, all previous versions of the Form I-9 will be invalid. Among the changes in the new version, Section 1 asks for “other last names used” rather than “other names…
Read MoreNovember 2016 employment: US adds 178,000 jobs
Dish Network reaches a $1.75 million settlement for FCRA lawsuit
Top Class Actions reports Plaintiff Scott Ernst filed the lawsuit against Dish Network and the company performing the background checks in 2012, claiming that both companies used information in consumer reports to conduct background checks which is subject to strict requirements under the FCRA. The complaint also alleges that Dish Network used this information as…
Read MoreDo 'ban the box' policies help or hurt low-skilled workers?
published recently by Jennifer Doleac, an assistant professor of public policy and economics at the University of Virginia, found that ban the box policies actually lowered the probability of employment by 5.1 percent for young, low-skilled black men and 2.9 percent for young, low-skilled Hispanic men. According to Doleac, who conducted the study with the…
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