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Sarbanes-Oxley: Impact on Employment Screening The disaster that struck shareholders and employees of Enron, WorldCom, and other well-known companies in the form of corporate accounting scandals a few years ago sent shock waves through global financial markets. It showed that the mechanisms in place at that time to ensure both internal and external fiduciary responsibility [...]
Identity Theft and Privacy Concerns Regarding Pre-Employment Screening
Obtaining federal government contracts can be lucrative and highly competitive. Some individuals and business entities, not content to have won a hard-fought battle for a good piece of business, may seek to unethically exploit a business relationship with the federal government. Those that have been caught with their hand in the cookie jar, so to [...]
Criminal records researchers utilize multiple pieces of information while conducting your background checks in county courthouses throughout the country. A crucial piece of risk management and FCRA compliance in any employment screening strategy is the ability to positively tie any criminal record found to a particular individual using more than a simple name match. Commonly [...]
EmployeeScreen IQ prides itself on our commitment to keeping our clients legally compliant and up to date on changes in the pre-employment screening process. Fundamental to ensuring a level of protection against a negligent hiring lawsuit is a thorough criminal records check. As we grow and our relationships with your company expand beyond those who [...]
What comprises a basic criminal background check? A basic criminal records check includes a search for felony and misdemeanor records at the county level, using all names and counties generated through a Social Security Number Trace. Why do you recommend I run “all names, all counties, all the time”? This approach is the best way [...]
Why are they so hard to read? Credit reports contain hundreds of pieces of data, updated every month, from banks, credit card companies, auto lenders, mortgage companies, department stores, etc. The things that make it challenging to decipher are the same things that make it a valuable hiring tool. Each piece of data is a [...]
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