What is Adverse Action? As it relates to background investigations for the purposes of screening an applicant prior to hire, the term “adverse action” refers to the hiring company taking the action of declining an applicant or withdrawing an offer of employment. The use of the term adverse action in the remainder of this discussion […]
Criminal Active Cases are Important!
If your HR Department uses only a quick, cheap, instant National Criminal Database for your Employment Screening reports, here is a sample of what you could be missing. Yike!!! Below are applicants recently screened in our office FOR MORE INFORMATION ON OUR EMPLOYMENT SCREENING SERVICES, CONTACT US AT: ORCA INFORMATION, DANIELLE, 800-341-0022, EXT. 1111, […]
HUD GUIDANCE FOR LANDLORDS – LIMITED ENGLISH SPEAKING APPLICANTS
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today issued “Limited English Proficiency” (LEP) guidance that addresses how the Fair Housing Act would apply to claims of housing discrimination brought by people because they do not speak, read, or write English proficiently. More than 25 million people in the United States do […]
California’s New Criminal Background Check Regulations to Go Into Effect July 1, 2017
California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) recently enacted regulations that impose additional burdens on employers’ use of criminal background checks in employment decisions. The new regulations are expected to go into effect on July 1, 2017. The new regulations apply state-wide and, ultimately, will make it difficult for any employer in California to […]
Prior DUIs predict future criminal activity among firearm owners
Dennis Brownstein’s Extreme court News (And other things too) The “Science Daily” says prior DUIs predict future Criminal Activity among firearm Owners Among individuals who legally purchased handguns in California, prior convictions for driving under the influence (DUI) and other alcohol-related crimes were associated with a substantial increase in risk for subsequent violent or firearm-related […]
Former Wells Fargo Employees Sue
Eleven former Wells Fargo employees have sued the bank over being fired based on background checks showing minor criminal violations that in some cases were decades old or expunged from their records. The bank conducted the background checks after a 2008 federal law did not allow banks and mortgage companies to employ people with criminal […]
Employer’s Ability to Consider Criminal History May be Restricted
Q: Which States have quality criminal databases? Answer: Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska have superior databases. They are thorough, detailed and updated often. Sadly, the INSTANT databases, often called Nationwide Criminal Data, only cover about 40% of the actual criminal record information within the United States. These INSTANT databases are usually updated every one to three months. […]
THEFT BY BOOKKEEPERS
More businesses and non-profits have become victims of theft by their internal bookkeeper. There are some simple things a business owner can do to prevent potential theft. Tell the bookkeeper part of your company’s internal control includes your review of financial reports. How do these thefts happen? Today’s world of bookkeeping software – bookkeeper can write a […]
Landlords Sued!! Crimes Committed on Property
A tenant sued a landlord for $1 million because she was raped by a man who broke into her apartment. She contended the landlord should have warned her the neighborhood was high-crime. He was threatened with a second lawsuit because a prospective tenant was raped by a man who wandered in off the street while she was […]
Jury Awards Over $1 Million in Negligent Hiring Lawsuit – Workplace Violence
November, 2016 A jury in Texas has awarded more than $1 million in a negligent hiring lawsuit filed against a company on behalf of an employee who was killed on the job by a co-worker. They claimed the company knowingly provided an unsafe workplace for employees. On April 1, 2015, at the workplace premises Steven Young shot […]