In Case You Missed It: Restrictions on Criminal History Usage in Atlanta - An Overview for HR Professionals

In Case You Missed It: Restrictions on Criminal History Usage in Atlanta - An Overview for HR Professionals

In June 2022, the City of Atlanta adopted a new ordinance to amend its existing anti-discrimination laws (Chapter 94 of the Atlanta Municipal Code). The updated laws were effective immediately and apply to all private employers with ten or more employees, so employers that missed the update last year will want to work quickly to make sure they are in compliance.

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The 5 Major Reasons Why HR Background Checks Get Delayed

The 5 Major Reasons Why HR Background Checks Get Delayed

If your HR team is experiencing delays in background check results, you may want to be aware of some of the common causes for delays and what you can do to minimize or prevent them entirely.

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GHRR Earns Top Spot in Industry-Leading Customer Survey

GHRR Earns Top Spot in Industry-Leading Customer Survey

To be clear, we’re ranked higher than your current provider.

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How Your Employment Screening Program Needs To Support a Hybrid Workforce

How Your Employment Screening Program Needs To Support a Hybrid Workforce

A blended workforce consists of employees who work from an office or central location and employees who work remotely.

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4 Reasons Why You Should Pick Ceridian’s Dayforce as Your HCM System

4 Reasons Why You Should Pick Ceridian’s Dayforce as Your HCM System

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California Restrictions on Personal Identifying Data

California Restrictions on Personal Identifying Data

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Clearinghouse Update from Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Clearinghouse Update from Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

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Traveling Healthcare Workers: The country’s regulatory checkerboard requires that employers of cross-state candidates exercise proper vigilance.

Traveling Healthcare Workers: The country’s regulatory checkerboard requires that employers of cross-state candidates exercise proper vigilance.

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Making a List, Checking It Often: Healthcare providers ignore the HHS list of excluded individuals and entities at their peril.

Making a List, Checking It Often: Healthcare providers ignore the HHS list of excluded individuals and entities at their peril.

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Compliance Alert! Louisiana Adopts New Law Regulating Use of Criminal History in Hiring Decisions

Compliance Alert! Louisiana Adopts New Law Regulating Use of Criminal History in Hiring Decisions

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Navigating Employment Screening in a Pandemic Era

Navigating Employment Screening in a Pandemic Era

Navigating this terrain is crucial to the quality of patient care and the protection of organizational reputation.

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New York City Tightens the Reins on Employers

New York City Tightens the Reins on Employers

Effective July 29, 2021, New York City further tightens the reigns on employers by broadening the scope of its Fair Chance Act (FCA). The FCA was first enacted in 2015 to help people obtain employment based on their merits rather than their mistakes.

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NLRB Decision Brings Significant Wins for Employers

NLRB Decision Brings Significant Wins for Employers

On January 4, 2021, the National Labor Relations Board issued an opinion regarding union allegations that several provisions of a company’s employee handbook violated the National Labor Relations Act.[1]

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New Year, New Employment Laws – Five Changes in Employment Law to be Aware of for 2021

New Year, New Employment Laws – Five Changes in Employment Law to be Aware of for 2021

Beginning December 2021, a new federal law – the Fair Chance Act – will prohibit federal contractors nationwide from inquiring about a job applicant’s criminal history during the initial stages of the application process. The new restrictions will only apply to positions related to work under the federal contract that subjects the contractor to the Fair Chance Act. The Act was signed into law by President Trump in December of 2019 as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

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11 Best Practices for Background Screening: To avoid a host of litigation-inviting pitfalls when vetting candidates, employers should adopt a few key principles and protocols.

11 Best Practices for Background Screening: To avoid a host of litigation-inviting pitfalls when vetting candidates, employers should adopt a few key principles and protocols.

Hiring executives confronting the checkerboard of state and local regulations on background screening can follow practitioner-tested conventions to dodge problems and improve outcomes.

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Three Things to Know about Adverse Action: If background screening uncovers facts that appear to disqualify a candidate, employers are advised to follow a strict sequence of procedures.

Three Things to Know about Adverse Action: If background screening uncovers facts that appear to disqualify a candidate, employers are advised to follow a strict sequence of procedures.

As mentioned in our previous posts, an employer must navigate candidate and employee background screening with extreme caution.

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Six Things to Know about the FDIC’s Section 19: Recent agency codifications should be carefully reviewed by insured institutions

Six Things to Know about the FDIC’s Section 19: Recent agency codifications should be carefully reviewed by insured institutions

Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act has been in existence since 1950, but the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation provided codifications for the section in 2020.

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Four Things to Know about “Ban the Box” Restrictions: A nationwide trend creates new legal exposure for employers researching a candidate’s criminal history

Four Things to Know about “Ban the Box” Restrictions: A nationwide trend creates new legal exposure for employers researching a candidate’s criminal history

“Ban the Box” is a fast-growing nationwide movement that seeks to protect job applicants who have criminal records by eliminating any inquiry into such histories on initial job applications. As of 2019, 35 states and more than 150 cities and counties had adopted ban-the-box laws, according to the National Employment Law Project.

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Five Things to Know about “Disparate Impact” Rules: Based on federal regulatory guidance, employers must be very careful when taking a candidate’s criminal record into consideration.

Five Things to Know about “Disparate Impact” Rules: Based on federal regulatory guidance, employers must be very careful when taking a candidate’s criminal record into consideration.

As mentioned in our previous blog post, adverse actions that affect candidates for employment or promotion can expose employers to potential legal action. Most common are claims of “disparate impact” on protected classes.

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DHS – Adjusts and Adapts to Remote Enforcement I-9 Provisions. Global HR Research (GHRR) Steps Up to Provide an Employer’s Summary

DHS – Adjusts and Adapts to Remote Enforcement I-9 Provisions. Global HR Research (GHRR) Steps Up to Provide an Employer’s Summary

The year of COVID-19 continues to introduce new challenges to HR’s business-as-usual hiring processes. Thankfully, the federal government continues to listen, learn, and respond. One of the many adjustments include the I-9 verification, also known as the Employment Eligibility Verification, is a United States Citizenship and Immigration Services form. Mandated by the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, it’s used to verify the identity and legal authorization to work of all paid employees in the United States.

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Newly Released Background Screening Report Cites Dramatic Shifts in HR Priorities While High Provider Satisfaction Drops Nearly 10%

Newly Released Background Screening Report Cites Dramatic Shifts in HR Priorities While High Provider Satisfaction Drops Nearly 10%

Global HR Research, the home of Clairiti and –a leading provider of award-winning background screening technology, data, and business analytics announces the release of a critical industry research study curated and managed by HRO Today, a trusted leader in examining the HR industry’s overall satisfaction with background screening services.

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