“Negligent Hiring” has become a buzzword within human resources, and for good reason: it describes a legal claim made against a company for hiring someone with a criminal history record, or known negative reputation, that could compromise other employees’ safety, the general public’s safety, or affect the hire’s ability to perform the job. In some…
Conducting background screenings will not do much good for your company if the identifiers provided for the checks are inaccurate. One typo in the name, date of birth, or social security number could cause a criminal history record to be missed. Whether it is a computer typo, illegible handwriting, willful omission or adulteration, inaccurate identifiers…
The pre-adverse and adverse action process is an extremely important part of the employment process. If you use ANY information obtained in a background check report that adversely affects an applicant, you must follow the below procedures as described in the Fair Credit Reporting Act. An adverse effect can be revocation of the employment offer,…
In the wake of recent class action lawsuits with several large companies such as Dollar General, Home Depot, and Michaels Stores, compliance with the rules and regulations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) is on everyone’s mind. If you are conducting background checks through a company like PSI, you have obligations to meet under…