RELIABLE BACKGROUND SCREENING INDUSTRY NEWS AND ARTICLES

Last month I wrote about the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling in Gilberg v. California Check Cashing Stores, and the significant impact it may have on determining if an Employee Screening Disclosure and Authorization (DA) form is compliant. The possible consequences are so severe, I am writing about it again. The FCRA – Fair Credit Reporting Act – the federal law that governs employee screening – imposes a statutory fine of up to $1,000 per individual for technical violations of this law. When class action lawsuits are filed, the law allows a five-year look-back period to see how many applicants applied [...]

Just a few weeks ago, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling in Gilberg v. California Check Cashing Stores that may have a significant impact on whether an Employee Screening Disclosure and Authorization (DA) form is compliant. Although the FCRA (Fair Credit Reporting Act – the federal law that regulates employee screening) has not changed, case law evolves over time. Further, predatory plaintiff attorneys seek to exploit recent (and other) case law rulings that help them file new class action law suits for technical violations of FCRA. The FCRA has always required a clear and conspicuous DA, whose sole purpose [...]

Reliable Background Screening has introduced its Preferred Partner Program to protect franchise brands. So often individuals invest a substantial portion of their wealth into a franchise brand – a brand that is offered to a myriad of individuals. By vetting each new franchisee owner, both the franchise brand and all franchisee owners are best protected. The Preferred Partner Program will help franchise businesses maintain uniformity and reduce risk. The program offers franchise companies the ability to have all its franchisees use the same service for employee background checks. By working with a plethora of different and growing franchise companies, Reliable knows that [...]

There is a plethora of referral services (and other types of companies) that promote, “our members (or employees) are background checked.” Some of these companies advertise on television and other media formats, while many others only promote their services via brochures and signs. When you check “the fine print” of the websites of most of these companies, the efficacy and adequacy of their background checks are typically disavowed. Most companies and regrettably, even many individuals responsible for human resources, do not fully understand the complexities and issues in performing a “best practices” background check. There are several reasons for this: There is [...]