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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Background Checks Reduce Insurance Costs
Companies and organizations perform background checks for different reasons, and usually none of those reasons are to save money on their liability insurance costs. Nevertheless, performing thorough, best practices background checks should result in lower liability insurance expenses. However, it is important for companies and organizations to be proactive by contacting their insurance company to obtain their reduced insurance premiums. The more common reasons for background checks usually [...]
Pay Stubs and Diplomas – Real or Fake?
Companies often need to verify employment, salary, and/or educational degrees – either for employee screening, tenant screening, or some other permissible business purpose. All too often, many companies rely on documents that are submitted by the individual consumer applicant. Examples of documents provided by these individuals are pay stubs, college diplomas and transcripts. The problem is that frequently these documents are fakes. Fraudulent pay stubs, college diplomas and [...]
Volunteer Screening – A Must for Non-Profits
Non-profit organizations rely on their volunteers to enable them to deliver on whatever the non-profit’s mission is for the constituents that they serve. These organizations typically operate on a slim budget, often with little professional staff. Volunteers frequently are the backbone of these organizations, without whom they could not be effective. However, too often, these same non-profit organizations, neglect to perform proper, “best practices” background checks on their [...]
Negligent Hiring and Retention Liability Affects Employers
Negligent hiring and retention liability normally refers to an employer’s obligation not to hire an applicant, or retain an employee, that the employer knew or should have known was likely to undertake conduct against other individuals, or otherwise subject employees or third parties, e.g., customers, to actions which can create legal liability. Employers can be held liable for willful misconduct by their employees. Through negligent hiring and retention [...]
City of Portland Passes Stringent “Ban the Box” Law
On November 25, 2015, the Portland City Council and Mayor Charlie Hales enacted a new “Ban the Box” law that creates a more restrictive version of the law than was enacted by the Oregon State Legislature and signed into law by Oregon Governor Kate Brown this past summer. Although the Oregon State Law goes into effect on January 1, 2016, the stricter City of Portland Law, will not [...]
Background Checks Are Not Created Equally
Many companies, especially those in the in-home services industries, tout “our employees are background checked.” This often gives a false sense of security to the misinformed public. However, it is not only consumers who believe they are protected by these so-called “background checks.” Many companies, both large and small, have employees and managers tasked with the responsibility of hiring, that truly do not understand what comprises a “best [...]
