by Chandra Spary-Kontinos | Jan 5, 2022 | News
URGENT – Employers’ Vaccine Mandate Advisory The law office of Boy Agnew Potanovic Miller (BAPM) has published an advisory (Information re: OSHA ETS (mailchi.mp) on the upcoming OSHA ETS vaccine mandates for private employers with 100+ employees. We strongly...
by Sam C. | Sep 8, 2021 | News
There are many legal opinions that agree on the legal theory that employers can require employees to obtain the COVID vaccination as well as require a COVID vaccination as a condition of employment. This certainly places a burden on those who choose not to receive the...
by Sam C. | Dec 9, 2020 | Background Checks News, Background Information, News, Why Screen News
Are you Confident your Screening Company is Reporting Accurate Information? One of the main purposes and functions of a background screening company is to ensure the information being provided is accurate and compliant with the Fair Credit Reporting Act, also known as...
by Sam C. | Nov 25, 2020 | News, personal
Unsolved Murder Case Thirty years ago, was a detective for the Lee County Sheriff’s Office in Florida assigned to their Major Crimes Unit investigating homicides. Although I have investigated numerous death cases, there are a few murder cases that still lurk in my...
by Sam C. | Nov 19, 2020 | Background Information, News, Why Screen News
Be Aware – and – Beware! Many employers believe that a quick and cheap pre-employment background is sufficient to mitigate any liability should an employee commit criminal acts in the workplace. The employer thinks that a background report would be enough of a defense...
by Sam C. | Nov 17, 2020 | Background Information, News, Why Screen News
Background checks have become increasingly more important to employers than before. There are a variety of reasons why. The most prevalent reason is to ensure a safe working environment for employees, as well as your customers. A survey conducted by the Society for...
by Tom | Apr 17, 2020 | Background Checks News, Background Information, News
What an Employer needs to know about COVID-19 and Hiring The EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) recently provided guidance for employers who are currently hiring and what affect COVID-19 has on the on-boarding of new employees. Historically, EEOC has been...
by Tom | Apr 17, 2020 | Background Checks News, News, Uncategorized
I-9 Identity Theft The United States Supreme Court ruled that false information used by an employee for the purpose of completing an I-9 Form can be criminally prosecuted for Identity Theft. The case stems from Kansas v. Garcia wherein three defendants used false...
by Tom | Jan 24, 2020 | News
Case Facts: EEOC’s lawsuit has reported that Dollar General, a popular retailer in the United States, is currently under fire for discriminating against African Americans seeking hire. Although both white and African Americans are failing criminal background checks,...
by aheusler | Sep 13, 2019 | Employee Theft, News
Federal law does not prohibit employers from asking about your criminal history. But, federal Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) laws do prohibit employers from discriminating when they use criminal history information. Using criminal history information to make...
by Sam C. | Jul 26, 2019 | News, PCI News
MENLO PARK, Calif. and TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., Jan. 25 /PRNewswire/ — PGP Corporation, a global leader in enterprise data protection, and the Ponemon Institute, a privacy and information management research firm, today announced results of the fifth annual U.S....
by Sam C. | Jun 14, 2019 | commercial, News
Although we like to believe the people we work with are trustworthy and safe, it’s essential to recognize the chance of crime happening in the workplace, which can take many forms. Taking precautions against employee crime can protect you, your company, and your...
by Chandra Spary-Kontinos | Jun 6, 2019 | Background Checks News, News, Why Screen News
The term ‘resume fraud’ describes any time someone intentionally provides false information on their résumé in an attempt to appeal more to their desired position. Unfortunately, resume fraud is far more common than expected. 58% of managers have caught applicants...
by Sam C. | May 30, 2019 | News, Uncategorized, Why Screen News
On June 22nd, 2018, a J&R engineering employee was rushed to the hospital after an argument-gone-wrong in Barberton, Ohio. 29-year-old Aaron Brooks was charged with felonious assault and ownership of a weapon under disability. During a heated dispute,...
by e Guarded | May 22, 2019 | Background Information, News, Why Screen News
An employment background screening is a term used to describe the process of searching and compiling criminal records, driving records, financial records and other pieces of information of an individual. Assume you’ve followed all procedures to find and...
by e Guarded | May 22, 2019 | Background Checks News, Background Information, News
National Criminal Search, a/k/a Multi-State Criminal Search may not be what you think it is. Considering the existence of various types of background screenings, it may be difficult to find what level of searching best fits your company’s needs. The two most common...
by Tom | May 13, 2019 | Background Checks News, News, vehicles, Why Screen News
On November 16th, 2011, $7 million was paid to a family by an Arkansas federal court in compensation for an avoidable deadly car crash. The truck driver responsible for the tragedy was later exposed for having a history of poor driving, including license revoking. It...
by Sam C. | May 2, 2019 | Background Checks News, Employee Theft, News, Why Screen News
Courtney Wells, a 49-year-old woman in Connecticut admitted to embezzling over a half a million dollars combined from her two positions as a trusted bookkeeper. Appearing as a trustworthy employee at her job as treasurer of the Southington Lacrosse Association,...
by Sam C. | Mar 13, 2019 | Employee Theft, News, Why Screen News
… but you still can’t ignore it While average dollars lost to robberies have declined over the past few years, theft by retail employees continues – and averages a loss of 1.44 percent of sales annually to individual companies in the United States. Added across the...
by Sam C. | Mar 8, 2019 | Causes, News
Protect your business against employee fraud The road to business ownership has at times been hard-fought for women in the United States. Regardless, the numbers show that today, female-led firms are thriving. But whether owned by a woman or a man, every...
by Sam C. | Mar 7, 2019 | Background Checks News
A dream, a farm, anda big bump in the road A man with a grand dream bought a cattle ranch and citrus grove near Orlando in 1949. Over time, he worked the land and raised his two sons, who worked with him. In a stroke of luck, the sons discovered high grade peat moss...
by e Guarded | Jun 6, 2018 | Background Checks News, News
It seems every few months we keep repeating the same story. Except, it’s not the same story! Just another instance of a business not performing some due diligence when making hiring decision. Once again, ICE has raided a company to check the “Right to Work” status of...
by Sam C. | Feb 6, 2018 | Background Checks News, News, Why Screen News
For most Texans and Floridians the 2017 hurricane season is nothing more than a distant memory. For one Polk City family it turned out to be a nightmare. When contractors or subcontractors come to your residence or place of business representing FEMA, you expect a...
by e Guarded | Dec 14, 2017 | Background Checks News, News, Why Screen News
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a Consumer Information article addressing the risks surrounding the commercially available DNA test kits. Many of us have either heard or seen commercials from companies offering to test one’s DNA for ancestry determination....
by e Guarded | Dec 8, 2017 | Background Checks News, News, Why Screen News
In today’s work environment, employers are realizing the need to conduct accurate background checks on potential employees. What we have seen is that employers do not necessarily get “rattled” when they receive an adverse background report on an applicant. What...
