CAUSE Shows Background Checks Needed To Uncover Unsafe Service Employees Working In Homes
By Thomas Ahearn, ESR Staff Writer When a hired worker enters your home to perform a service that you requested, do you know to whom you are opening your door? So asks an article on HuffingtonPost.com – “Could You or a Loved One End Up Like Elizabeth Smart?” – that shows why background checks are needed to [...]
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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 [...]
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Family of Alabama University Shooting Victim Hope Tragedy Leads to More Thorough Background Checks
The fatal shootings of three University of Alabama-Huntsville professors during a faculty meeting by another professor reportedly upset about being denied tenure at the school has shined a bright light on the troublesome issue of workplace violence. The tragedy has also raised concerns about how thoroughly background checks should research the past histories of employees. In [...]
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