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How Can the Improper Use of Background Checks Could Get You Sued?

Crimcheck | Pre-Employment & Background Check Information

The company was accused of wrongly using background checks when making hiring decisions. According to the lawsuit, Aerotek conducted a criminal background check on an employee, Craig Mitchell. When the background check returned a criminal record, the company fired him. The criminal records weren’t his.

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FEDERAL INDUSTRY NEWS

Aurico

FLRA Issues Guidance on Information Requests The Federal Labor Relations Authority’s General Counsel recently issued a guidance document stating that Federal agencies must provide their specific rationale for denying requests for information from Federal employees’ unions when that rationale is employee privacy-related.

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Staffing Companies Beware: Improper Use Of Background Checks Could Get You Sued

Crimcheck | Pre-Employment & Background Check Information

The company was accused of wrongly using background checks when making hiring decisions. According to the lawsuit, Aerotek conducted a criminal background check on an employee, Craig Mitchell. When the background check returned a criminal record, the company fired him. The criminal records weren’t his.

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HR 101: The history of the résumé

HR Brew

Some of the information that HR pros of the day required candidates to include in their résumés—think: weight, marital status, number of children, race, and religion—“would be considered discriminatory practice today,” Evan Cassimy, HR director for Chick-fil-A, wrote in a LinkedIn blog. So, what do you think, HR pros?

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HR 101: Let’s talk about unlimited PTO

HR Brew

Before WWII, PTO was often only available to employees in white-collar jobs, according to research from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. But employers didn’t start to offer unlimited PTO—which doesn’t accrue and is open-ended, according to Bamboo HR —until the 21st century. Fast-forward.

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Colts Vs. Patriots–Background Check

ExactHire

A Little Background Check It’s no accident that the Colts and Patriots are playing for the right to represent the AFC in Super Bowl 49. And when faced with critical personnel matters, they gather the best information, perform thorough analysis, and remain true to their vision in making the right hiring decisions. Contact us today!

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Important Aspects of Rural Telehealth Program Development

Hospital Recruiting

Rich with content, Evisit’s site and services meet the needs of everyone from the novice to the telehealth expert seeking program development and delivery information. Store and forward or asynchronous telemedicine means that clinical information is shared from one clinician with a remote provider of care. Learn the Lingo.