For many employers in Michigan, both large and small, pre-employment screening has become an integral part of the hiring process.  If you have been looking for work in the last few years, you are likely familiar and may have even consented to a number of them.  As the Michigan job market continues to strengthen, and … Read more

  As holiday hiring season approaches, make sure to pay extra attention to pre-employment screening. Seasonal hires are often neglected, or subjected to a lesser quality search in order avoid what can be viewed as excessive cost for a temporary employee.  Not only could this practice be viewed as discriminatory to your current employees, it … Read more

In a horrible report, news sources uncovered an arrest in Michigan of a volunteer basketball coach who is alleged to have video taped a young girl undressing inside her home. (See WNEM’s coverage of the story) This volunteer underwent a “background check” by the local school system, but their check, which comes directly from the … Read more

Recently many companies have been reevaluating their current employees and decided to conduct wider background checks on these individuals. In one case the California Board of Registered Nursing decided to conduct a more strict background check on employees hired over ten years ago to coincide with current background regulations. What they found as a result … Read more

Recently, State Health Director James Haveman indicated that a new pre-employment background screening process will be implemented for home health aides.  Before this policy was put in place, a state audit revealed nearly 3,800 convicted felons working as state funded aides. Of the 3,800, some were convicted of murder, Medicaid fraud and rape among other … Read more

With an estimate of 90% of large employers now using some form of criminal record background checks in the hiring process, the EEOC has issued some guidance under the Civil Rights Act of 1954. The guide emphasizes the need to avoid disparate treatment of applicants and on some of the ways employers should consider arrest … Read more

Although most HR professionals and managers now realize the importance of conducting background checks on all potential hires, more Americans are considering conducting background checks for other purposes. Landlords interested in protecting their properties and reducing the risks of nonpayment of rent have turned to professional background screening agencies for help. Some companies are also … Read more

What all good background checks need to include is a “National Criminal History Check”. Bad news: its a myth. It does not exist and despite what any private background check provider tells you, they don’t have one, they have fabricated a search for marketing purposes. Yes the FBI has a background check that is the … Read more

Instant, discount employment background checks come with risks and often fail to meet your obligation to the applicants and your employer.

Both houses of Congress have agreed on legislation – H.R. 933: Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 – that includes a funding of $111 million to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services department for expenses for the E-Verify Employment Eligibility Verification Program. This program is designed to verify that a prospective employee is legally eligible … Read more