How to Process a Background Check

There are many different ways in which you can process a background check. These days they are extremely common for employers and for landlords so many different businesses offer the service. For those who will need them on a regular basis it can be extra cost effective to pay a Flat tire tire rate per [...]

Background Check Bashing -Either Too Much or Too Little Depending upon the Most Recent Headline

The recent headlines dealing with background checks demonstrate that to some extent, Americans are conflicted about the whole topic of background checks.
On one hand, as reported in past blogs by Employment Screening Resources (ESR), discrimination and privacy advocates feel that background checks are too intrusive and unfair. The EEOC has filed a test case alleging [...]

U.S. Supreme Court to hear JPL background check case (La Cañada Valley Sun)

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear arguments in a case involving employee background checks at Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

JPL Background Check Case Reaches Supreme Court (Slashdot)

Dthief writes “A long-running legal battle between the United States government and a group of 29 scientists and engineers of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, has now reached the US Supreme Court.” At issue: mandatory background checks for scientists and engineers working at JPL, which they allege includes snooping into their sexual orientation, as well as their …

Records check on Ohio State shooter is a muddled one (The Columbus Dispatch)

The company that checked the background of the custodian who shot and killed his supervisor at Ohio State before taking his own life said it did check his name in Ohio prison records. Early Tuesday, Nathaniel A. Brown shot and killed Larry Wallington, 48, and wounded Wallington’s supervisor, Henry Butler, 60, before killing himself in the OSU maintenance building where the three worked. A …

U.S. Supreme Court to hear JPL background check case (La Cañada Valley Sun)

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear arguments in a case involving employee background checks at Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

What are the Advantages to Requiring Tenant Insurance?

Not every landlord or property management company requires tenants to hold renter’s insurance policies.  And according to some reports, the majority of tenants do not have renter’s insurance. What are the advantages to requiring tenant insurance? Are there any disadvantages?
First, the cost for renter’s policies is solely borne by the tenant, and is only $15-$20 [...]

Employment Screening Resources (ESR) Releases New Services for Background Checks for Small and Medium Businesses

Employment Screening Resources (ESR), a leading national employment screening firm announced today the release of a web site focused on providing quick and easy access to legally comliant essential background checks to small and medium businesses.  The service is available at: http://www.esrcheckdirect.com/ 
The new service, called ESRDirect, provides small and medium business with a simplified online [...]

OSU Shooting: Background Check Missed Killer’s Criminal Past (The Huffington Post)

What’s Your Reaction? An Ohio State custodial worker who shot and killed one of his bosses and wounded another spent time in prison and had a violent work record, but none of that turned up in a background check performed for the university.

Background check missed suspect’s prison stay (CNN)

A background check conducted in 2009 on an Ohio State University employee suspected of opening fire Tuesday on his co-workers turned up no criminal record, even though he apparently served five years in prison.

Background check missed suspected shooter’s prison stint (CNN)

A background check conducted in 2009 on an Ohio State University employee suspected of opening fire Tuesday on his co-workers turned up no criminal record, even though he apparently served five years in prison.

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