RELIABLE BACKGROUND SCREENING INDUSTRY NEWS AND ARTICLES
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Unintended Consequences – California Governor Newsom Fails to Sign SB-1262
Regardless of your politics, most people want their personal privacy protected. California Governor Newsom cited, “an individual’s constitutional right to privacy,” in his letter to the California State Senate, when he returned California Senate Bill 1262 (SB-1262), without his signature, effectively allowing the bill to die. SB-1262 would have returned Dates of Birth (DOB’s) to publicly accessible court criminal index terminals. This Bill would have had the effect of overturning a 2021 California Appeals Court decision which had the detrimental consequences of removing DOB’s from these indexes. The negative impact of no DOB is because criminal records typically have no social security [...]
Franchise Industry – Take Note – NLRB Proposes New Joint Employer Rules
If it feels like deja vu, it is. In just over two years since it last ruled on this issue in April of 2020, earlier this month on September 6th, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued another proposed rule change for establishing joint employer status (as regulated under the National Labor Relations Act). This new rule proposal, if enacted, will annul and change the NLRB’s joint employer rule that was promulgated in April 2020. If this new rule is finalized as now written by the NLRB, it will have a deleterious impact upon the franchise industry in particular, as well as [...]
Seven Billion Reasons for Best-Practices Background Checks
A few weeks ago, a court in Dallas awarded $7 Billion in Damages against Charter Communications, Inc., which operates Spectrum, a cable television media company. This award went to the family of a Spectrum customer, who sadly was robbed, stabbed and murdered by an installer of Spectrum. Although this case involved much more than whether a background check was performed on the employee, it is a sad reminder that companies can be found liable for actions of their employees, even if they are not working, i.e., “on-the-clock,” at the time of a crime. In this case, the convicted murderer went back to [...]
CFPB Issues Advisory to Protect Consumer Privacy
Earlier this month, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an Advisory to protect consumer privacy. It is not surprising, given the expanding “metaverse” of personal information that so many companies are compiling, even while you are reading this blog. Specifically, the CFPB is focusing on companies that use and share credit reports and background check (or consumer) reports. This CFBP Advisory Opinion elucidates in clear language that it is not only the credit reporting companies that have an obligation to protect consumer privacy, but it is also the users of these reports. Users of consumer reports means any company who orders [...]
