For employers who rely upon third parties to screen regulated drivers on their behalf, any benefit from a national clearinghouse will be lost.
We wanted to a reminder you that the state of California’s new restrictions on the use of employment credit reports are set to take effect January 1, 2012.
Would any of us entrust our children to schools who knowingly hired felons? How about those who conducted substandard background checks and weren’t given comprehensive information?
It has since been pointed out and confirmed that state has not banned the use of E-Verify, but instead banned anyone in the state (i.e. state, county, local governments) from mandating it’s use.
According to the Los Angeles Times, ” (state) legislation signed into law … prohibits the state, cities and counties from mandating that private employers use E-Verify,” forcing cities and other local municipalities that have been working to comply with the E-Verify requirements to reverse course and undo what they have previously done in order to comply with state law.
The state of California becomes the seventh state to prohibit employers from using credit reports to make employment decisions. California Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 22 which will take effect on January 1, 2012.
These rules only apply if you are evaluating a credit score. Remember that employment credit reports (most commonly used on employment background checks) do not include a credit score.
Connecticut governor Daniel P. Malloy signed into law a bill which will prohibit most employers from evaluating a candidate’s credit report as part of the employment screening process.
Given the importance of this meeting to our industry, to our clients and our blog followers, we want to ensure that you are aware of this upcoming meeting and have the opportunity to join in our efforts to ensure that the interests of the providers and users of criminal records are represented.
Effective today, July 1, 2011, a new Indiana law takes effect which will allow ex-convicts with non-violent criminal records to hide their past from potential employers.



