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2/15/2012 Risky Business: Ensuring Your Background Check is Legally Compliant

Nick Fishman — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:44:40 +0000

So your candidate’s background check didn’t turn out all roses. Now what? Employment background checks are under a microscope from federal and state regulators who are cracking down on employers in an effort to combat perceived misuse and discrimination. With that in mind, EmployeeScreenIQ polled the HR world to find out what steps professionals take (and what they avoid) to prevent getting into hot water. You can be among the first to hear the results. Background screening experts Jason Morris, Nick Fishman and Angela Bosworth, J.D., will host a free webinar on February 15 titled, “Risky Business: Ensuring Your Background Check is Legally Compliant.”

Webinar Title:
Risky Business: Ensuring Your Background Check is Legally Compliant
Date: Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST
Cost: FREE
Register here: www1.gotomeeting.com/register/154532953

Drawing from our new trends survey report, we’ll cover best practices and tips to ensure that your hiring practices comply with ever-changing screening laws, legislation and guidelines. We’ll also discuss some colorful background check scenarios that we presented to survey respondents . . . and their surprising answers.

Those who attend will receive an advance copy of the 2012 survey report, so register today!

1/26/2012 New Changes To E-Verify System Effective Jan. 1

Nick Fishman — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:08:21 +0000

We were just notified by our I-9 channel partner, Form I-9, that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will be releasing the newest version of E-Verify on January 30, 2012 and that there will be new requirements in order to process requests through EmployeeScreenIQ’s system.

Please note that the new requirements will not affect those that use the electronic I-9 Form and then submit for E-Verify.

For those that submit E-Verify requests without the electronic I-9 Form, you will see a few changes to the form and the data entry, but the overall resolution process will remain the same as it is now. In general, DHS is now requiring that E-Verify requests indicate the specific List B and List C documents provided on the Form I-9 and, in cases where a Driver’s License is used in List B, E-Verify now requires the issuing authority, document number and expiration date to also be provided.

Again, the Form I-9 is unaffected, only the New E-Verify form is impacted by these changes.

Below are links to screenshots of the changes you will see on January 30, 2012.

The New E-Verify form will have some cosmetic changes. To view an example, click here

You will enter the employee information as usual. In cases where the employee has provided a List B and List C document for their Form I-9, you will select “List B and C Documents” in the drop down menu. To view an example,click here

When the “List B and C Documents” option is selected, two (2) drop downs will appear, so that the user can specify exactly which List B and List C documents have been provided. To view an example, click here

If the List B document is NOT a Driver’s LIcense, users only provide the List B document title. We have provided an example where a US Coast Guard Merchant Mariner Card and a Social Security Card are provided on the Form I-9, so the user simply reflects that information in the New E-Verify form. To view an example, click here

If the List B document is a Driver’s License, then the issuing authority, document number and expiration date fields are also required. (The form will automatically display these fields.) To view an example, click here

List C will only require a Document Title to be specified. To view an example, click here

After clicking the Process E-Verify button, users will then be prompted to review data as usual, check the affirmation box regarding the completion of the Form I-9 and click the Continue E-Verify Process button. To view an example,click here

After clicking the Continue E-Verify Process button, everything else will work as usual. You will receive the same results you are already used to seeing during the E-Verify process.

To learn more about EmployeeScreenIQ’s I-9 services, please check outhttp://www.employeescreen.com/employmenti9.asp

1/10/2012 EmployeeScreenIQ Names Angela Bosworth Vice President of Compliance and General Counsel

Nick Fishman — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:17:42 +0000

Bosworth joins EmployeeScreenIQ with broad industry experience including more than 20 years as a licensed attorney and over 10 years in the background screening industry, most recently as executive vice president of the national screening company OPENonline.

1/3/2012 EmployeeScreenIQ Extends Submission Deadline for Annual Background Screening Trends Survey

Nick Fishman — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:55:53 +0000

EmployeeScreenIQ has extended the deadline for completing its third annual “Trends in Background Screening” survey to Monday, January 9. Over 600 human resources professionals have taken the six-minute survey so far, which measures thorny background check scenarios from the discovery of inflated resumes to criminal histories.

12/15/2011 EmployeeScreenIQ Holiday Schedule

Nick Fishman — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:06:48 +0000

With the holidays upon us, we wanted to communicate that the EmployeeScreenIQ offices will be closed on Monday, December 26th in observance of the Christmas holiday and on Monday, January 2nd for New Year’s. Other than those two days, we will be open for regular office hours.

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year to you and your families. May 2012 be a happy, healthy and prosperous year for us all!

12/13/2011 Reminder of New California Employer Obligations On Credit Reports

Nick Fishman — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:37:52 +0000

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. Employers may still consider a credit report under the following circumstances only if the candidate is specifically informed that such a report will be run for one of the specific purposes (listed below) and they have obtained written permission:

A managerial position
A position in the state Department of Justice
A sworn peace officer or other law enforcement
A position for which the information contained in the report is required by law to be disclosed or obtained
A position that involves regular access to confidential information such as credit card account information, Social security number, or Date of birth
A position which the person can enter into financial transactions on behalf of the company
A position that involves access to confidential or proprietary information
A position that involves regular access to cash totaling ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or more of the employer, a customer, or client, during the workday

I have underlined the text above to highlight the fact that this requirement is different than that currently required on a California applicant release and disclosure form. The employer must now specifically inform the applicant that a credit report will in fact be run and that it will be used for one or more of the above purposes. The specific purpose must be noted.

12/9/2011 EmployeeScreenIQ Measures Hiring Attitudes in Third Annual Background Screening Trends Survey

Nick Fishman — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 20:17:17 +0000

What would you do? That’s the question EmployeeScreenIQ is posing to human resources professionals confronted with hypothetical and thorny background check scenarios– from the discovery of inflated resumes to criminal histories – in the provider’s third annual

2/26/2012 EmployeeScreenIQ to Sponsor TLNT Transform Conference

Nick Fishman — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:58:51 +0000

EmployeeScreenIQ is excited to be a sponsor at the first ever Transform Conference, put on by TLNT in Austin, TX on February 26-28. TLNT has led the way in bringing new voices from the HR profession together to discuss the “Business of HR” and this is exactly what will be happening in Austin next February.

Come join us and over twenty leading speakers from throughout the HR profession, including an exciting keynote from Billy Beane of Moneyball fame, that will change the way you think about HR… and give you the tools you need to transform your HR organization in 2012! And if you use the discount code TF12ESIQ when registering at http://transform.tlnt.com/2012/register/you will save $150 off the registration fee.

See you there and make sure to say hi!

More About the Conference:

Transform will be an experience unlike any other HR event you have ever attended. Why? We’ve designed Transform to prepare you for the challenges and changes you’ll be facing tomorrow and beyond, not just on the here and now.

TLNT was launched so that there can finally be an HR publication about “The Business of HR”. Transform will be bringing that same vision to life in Austin. Transform’s agenda gets to the root of how HR can positively impact your organization’s bottom line. Transform’s presenters are people who have all been, and in many cases still are, pushing the envelope in their HR departments for some of the most well known and successful companies in the world.

11/22/2011 EmployeeScreenIQ Named One of America’s Top Five Background Screening Providers

Nick Fishman — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:37:24 +0000

Annual HRO Today magazine survey ranks global screening company based on customer feedback

11/24/2011 EmployeeScreenIQ Offices Will Be Closed

Nick Fishman — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:04:24 +0000

Please note that EmployeeScreenIQ’s offices will be close on Thursday, November 24th in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday (in-arguably the greatest holiday of them all) and on Friday the 25th so that we may recover from our collective food coma.

Have a happy, thankful and safe holiday!