RELIABLE BACKGROUND SCREENING INDUSTRY NEWS AND ARTICLES

Today we revised our employee screening disclosures and service agreements. This was done in advance of the mandatory requirement, effective January 1, 2013, that these employee screening disclosures, as well as the FCRA Summary of Rights be updated. The reason that these revisions are being required is because the Consumer Financial Protection Board (CFPB) is replacing the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), as the chief enforcer of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). It should be noted that there are no substantive changes in the regulations of the FCRA, but rather the name and contact information for the CFPB is replacing the contact [...]

On April 25, 2012, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued new guidelines for employee background checks, both for pre-employment screening and existing employee background checks. The EEOC did this without releasing a draft for public notice and comment, as is usually done before final guidelines are issued. Given this unilateral action on the part of the EEOC, it is expected that Congress and many industry groups will challenge these guidelines. Although the EEOC does not govern the FCRA (Fair Credit Reporting Act, which does in fact regulate employee background checks), an EEOC investigation of an employer’s practices can cost an employer [...]

Effective today there is a new law for companies employing or background screening individuals in the State of New York. So if your company performs employee screening in New York State, here is would you should know. There are three components with this new law: 1. All companies in the State of New York or employing individuals in the State of New York must post a copy of Article 23-A of the New York Corrections Law conspicuously in the workplace. 2. All companies background screening employees for positions in the State of New York that receive a consumer report with a criminal [...]