BACKGROUND CHECK NEWS AND ARTICLES
Reliable Background Screening has a long and successful history performing background checks in a multitude of industries, nationwide. Reliable is widely considered as the experts in the intricacies of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and other background screening regulations. President and CEO, Rudy Troisi, has been a speaker, nationally, at numerous professional organizations on the topic of employee and other background checks. As part of our stated goal to educate our clients about what background information they should have, and what the best methods are to acquire it, please refer to the two areas below, which contain valuable information pertaining to background checks.
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Middle Name is Critical for Proper Background Checks
Criminal records typically have no Social Security Number attached to them. Thus searching for criminal records is performed on a legal name and date of birth match. The challenge is that there are at most 366 days in a year, but there are nearly 330 million people in the United States. No matter how unique your name is, it’s likely that at least several if not thousands of [...]
The Real Cost of a Bad Hire
Hiring employees is generally a gamble. One never knows if the individual who applies for employment will truly succeed. Many individuals interview very well. Unfortunately, once on the job, many do not really work out. Even those who reach and surpass the proverbial 90-day probationary period are often not your ideal employee. Yet companies and organizations often keep sub-standard performers employed years after hire, due to the time [...]
Use of Arrest Records in Employee and Volunteer Screening – Are You Compliant?
The Fair Credit Reporting Act, (“FCRA”) is a Federal Government statute. It was enacted to promote the accuracy, fairness, and privacy of consumer information contained in the files of Consumer Reporting Agencies (CRAs), such as Reliable Background Screening. FCRA protects individuals being screened from the willful and/or negligent inclusion of inaccurate information in a CRA’s report. When the purpose is to vet an individual for employment or volunteering [...]
SDNs – Are You Trading with the Enemy?
Another question would certainly be: What does the Patriot Act have to do with background screening? The straightforward response is: ALOT! In October 2001, a bill entitled: “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism,” better known as the “USA Patriot Act,” was passed by Congress and became the law of the land. The law’s objectives include combating money laundering and terrorist [...]
MITIGATING HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY CYBER THREATS
Cyber threats to the healthcare industry are increasing daily, at all aspects of its value train: materials production; formulation; device manufacture; food supplement manufacture; formulation/assembly; packaging; distribution; and ultimately delivery. Such threats are difficult to mitigate against since the industry is multi-national in nature, with different portions of the value chain internationally dispersed. Cyber threats are real, sophisticated, persistent and, in many respects extremely threatening to industry members, [...]
Background Screening Essential in the Healthcare Industry
All businesses face similar challenges when it comes to background screening. Challenges result from regulatory-driven requirements, compliance issues, liability mitigation… and the need to protect the organization’s image and reputation. But each industry faces its own unique challenges, particularly in the special case of the healthcare segment of the economy. The healthcare industry is an aggregation and integration of sectors within the economic system that provides goods and [...]
