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How Resume & Employment Verification Protects Employers

Cisive

Resume fraud is a global problem that affects employers, the gig economy, and volunteer agencies whether they are screening in the U.S., screening people with history outside of the home country, or screening outside of the U.S. A recent incident of resume fraud in the U.K.

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New Jersey’s Opportunity to Compete Act

ExactHire

Over the past few months, the ExactHire team has shared information with you through our blogs on the “Ban the Box” movement and the legislative changes that have been implemented. For the actual legislation, you will need to go directly to the state or city government website to access the passed law(s) in its comprehensive language.

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Warning to Employers: [Get Your Background Checks In Order]

Crimcheck | Pre-Employment & Background Check Information

Employers have always lived under the threat of litigation when using background checks for screening applicants. What is new is that, over the last few years, a particular aspect of using background checks has become a leading source of class action lawsuits. This is nothing new. Liability Waivers.

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New Ban-the-Box Ordinance Affects Background Checks in Los Angeles

HRWatchdog

The City of Los Angeles has passed the “Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring (Ban the Box)” , a new ordinance that limits the use of criminal history information by Los Angeles employers and also imposes a new poster requirement. Covered employers are prohibited from asking about criminal history on job applications. Not a member?

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5 Reasons Why HR Compliance is More Complicated Than Ever

Cisive

Because compliance is changing so quickly on the state and federal level, HR departments are finding it more and more challenging to keep up with current regulations and changes to employment law. Non-compliance is expensive, and “I didn’t know that law changed” isn’t a valid excuse according to our court system.

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Conference Twitter Primer #SHRM18

Advos

And now, once again using HRmarketer software, we analyzed the #SHRM18 conference website and tweets to come up with the following Conference Twitter Primer — all the information you need to socially prepare for the world’s largest HR conference! GregoryWStevens : I/O Research Consultant, @Globoforce. Not very Twitter active*.

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Hiring Candidates with Criminal Records Isn’t Always Bad for Business

Insperity

In April of 2012, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released new guidelines that recommended employers limit their use of arrest and conviction records in hiring, promotions and other employment decisions because it could be deemed discriminatory. The amount of time that has gone by since the conviction.