EEOC Warns Employers of Increase in Discrimination Lawsuits Based on Background Checks
By Thomas Ahearn, ESR Staff Writer As a recently filed lawsuit alleging one of the largest management consulting firms in the world conducted discriminatory background checks against African-Americans and Latinos shows, employers need to fully understand the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) policies regarding the use of background checks during the pre-employment screening process – [...]
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Background Check Bashing -Either Too Much or Too Little Depending upon the Most Recent Headline
By Les Rosen, Employment Screening Resources 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 [...]
Categories: Discrimination, Employment Verification, Recent Posts, Risk Management, Trends, Workplace Violence Tags: background, check, criminal, employment, national, property, public, safety
Off shoring IT jobs lead to dramatic increases in Data Breaches per survey
A recent survey quoted in Security Management Magazine demonstrates the risk to privacy and data protection when it comes to off shoring. According to a new survey, of the firms that outsourced IT jobs to other counties, about half indicted that their security has been negatively impacted. And 61% indicated their company had experienced a [...]
Categories: offshoring, personally identifiable information, Privacy, Recent Posts, Risk Management, Technology Tags: background, check, company, employment, international, investigation, national, police, safety
Screening expands beyond new employees to vendors and others on premises
2010 Trends in Screening–Trend Eight: Screening will expand beyond new employees to vendors and others on premises This is another ongoing area that will heat up due to the recession. In a recovery period, employers typically turn to temporary employees before committing themselves to full-time hires. However, under the legal doctrine of co-employment, an employer has [...]
Categories: Continual screening, Recent Posts, Risk Management, staffing firm, Trends Tags: background, check, company, employee, employment, national, online, property, public