RELIABLE BACKGROUND SCREENING INDUSTRY NEWS AND ARTICLES

A revised FCRA Summary of Rights must be used starting September 21, 2018. The key compliance impact for companies and other organizations that need to obtain a background check ̶ be it employee screening, tenant screening, franchisee screening, country club membership screening or other type of permissible business purpose background check ̶ is that a new FCRA Summary of Rights must now be provided. This required change is due to the recent amendment to the FCRA (Fair Credit Reporting Act) by the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (S. 2155). The main effect of the amendment is that whenever an [...]

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 people share the same name as you – and with only 365/366 days in a year, it is possible and highly likely with common names – that you share not only a name but [...]

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 and expense of conducting a new candidate search and then training another hire. Business owners and managers, either because of inertia, or taking the path of least resistance, often take the position that the [...]

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 – whether they be an applicant or an incumbent – the FCRA imposes its most stringent requirements. To that end, the FCRA regulates the collection, dissemination, and use of consumer information in consumer reports [...]