E-Verify and other government background check requirements
By Les Rosen, Employment Screening Resources 2010 Trends in Screening Trend Seven: E-Verify and other government background check requirements will grow The government’s efforts to require employers...
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By Lester Rosen, Employment Screening Resources (ESR) President & Thomas Ahearn, ESR News Editor According to a report by KXXV-TV ABC News Channel 25 in central Texas, four women in the Waco, TX...
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Massachusetts Authorizes National Fingerprint Based Criminal Background...
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has signed a bill – H4307, “An Act Relative to Background Checks” – that closes an existing criminal history background checks loophole by authorizing the...
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Background Checks and Fingerprinting Considered for California State Health...
California state officials looking to hire 20,000 workers to help individuals enroll in the state health insurance exchange are considering whether these new employees – known as “assisters” – should...
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FBI Fingerprinting Background Checks of Uber Drivers Central Theme of...
ESR News Blog Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The use of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) database and state criminal history repositories that require fingerprinting “are now a...
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FBI Background Checks for Employment Containing Inaccurate Information Can...
ESR News Blog Employers that use Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) criminal databases to background check job applicants could be basing employment decisions on inaccurate information that can cost...
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Report Finds Many FBI Criminal Background Checks for Employment Contain...
ESR News Blog The National Employment Law Project (NELP) has released a report – ‘Wanted: Accurate FBI Background Checks for Employment’ – that estimates 1.8 million workers a year are subjected to...
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Congressional Briefing on Consequences of Inaccurate Background Checks for...
ESR News Blog A Congressional Briefing entitled ‘The Consequences of Inaccurate Employment Background Checks’ that should feature a report from the National Law Employment Project (NELP) – ‘Wanted:...
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GAO Releases Report on Criminal History Records
ESR News Blog Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The Government Accountability Office (GAO) – the “congressional watchdog” investigating how the federal government spends taxpayer dollars –...
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Proposed Legislation Would Allow Summer Camps and Youth Organizations to...
ESR News Blog Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-New York) has launched a campaign to pass his bipartisan legislation – Child Protection Improvements and...
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NAPBS Submits Comments to California Public Utilities Commission Concerning...
ESR News Blog Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS®) has submitted comments requested by the California Public Utilities...
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FINRA Fines J.P. Morgan Securities $1.25 Million for Failing to Conduct...
ESR News Blog Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On November 21, 2017, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) – which regulates brokerage firms doing business in the U.S. –...
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Fingerprints Submitted for Employment Background Check Lead to Arrest in...
ESR News Blog Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn A Florida man was arrested on a charge of first-degree murder after the fingerprints he submitted for a background check while applying for a...
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FINRA Fines Citigroup Global Markets $1.25 Million for Failing to Conduct...
ESR News Blog Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On July 29, 2019, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) – which regulates brokerage firms doing business with the public in the...
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Man Linked to Cold Case Murder by Fingerprint Background Check for Job...
ESR News Blog Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On August 23, 2019, a man linked to a decades-old cold case murder that occurred in Florida in 1998 after he applied for a job that required...
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