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Criminal History and Discrimination: Assessing Applicants Properly

Accurate Background

Two trends relating to best practices for hiring are on the rise in 2021. First, more firms are using employment background screenings, including criminal history record checks , to protect their organizations from potential risk. The key to achieving those goals fairly comes down to having a solid screening policy.

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Hiring biases and how to minimize them with background checks

Peopletrail

The United States of America strongly frowns upon all forms of discrimination, especially in the workplace. But if there’s one space that may still be vulnerable to discrimination of employees, it is during the initial entry, where individual biases can get in the way of a fair hiring process. Live in Utah?

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The Hot Potatoes Of Social Screening

TalentCulture

And, because of the industry I’m in and the perspective I usually take, I imagined if I were an employer looking at public candidate profiles across social and professional networks as part of my pre-employment screening process, finding these horrible hot potatoes along the way.

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Improve your labor law compliance for 2020

BerniePortal

This law applies to applicants and to employees of private employers, state and local governments, educational institutions, employment agencies and labor organizations. The law defines various aspects of protection against discrimination in both hiring and employment practices. Download "EEO is the Law" Poster.

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3 compliance trends affecting employers today

Ceridian

Staying on top of the latest and emerging trends is necessary for employers, as this information helps to ensure they adopt the best practices most beneficial to them. And 1 percent listed fear of discrimination claims as being the reason they have not addressed violence in the workplace. .

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What Happens When a Candidate Background Check Reveals a Criminal Record?

Cisive

For Cisive’s most recent benchmark report, Cisive Insights: Talent Screening Trends 2021 , Cisive surveyed more than 1,500 human resources, talent acquisition, compliance, and recruitment professionals worldwide to get a big picture view of the talent screening landscape during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Legal Responsibilities of Landlords And Employers as Per FCRA

Peopletrail

Hiring the candidate for a job (by an employer), or renting property to a candidate (by a landlord), are both acceptable purposes to retrieve this information. Discrimination free processes that are consistent across all candidates vying for a job or property. Certified by law. You may think that this is a natural offset of (1) above.