Employment Background Check Blog

Effective January 1, 2012 employers must include two additional items in the written notice provided to a person before requesting an employment background check: (more…)

“The Employment Acceleration Act of 2011” effectively nullifies the growing patchwork of E-Verify laws, requirements and ordinances which have sprouted up all over California during the past several years. (more…)

Effective January 1, 2012 private and public employers will be restricted in their use of credit reports and will have specific notification requirements. (more…)

Three more states will require employers to use E-Verify the electronic system operated by the federal government, which allows an employer to determine the employment eligibility of an employee using information reported on that employee’s Form I-9. (more…)

Effective October 1, 2011 employers may not use a credit report or credit history of an employee or applicant for employment purposes unless (more…)

North Carolina has passed a new law requiring employers to use the federal government’s E-Verify program to verify the employment eligibility of new employees. (more…)

Effective October 1, 2011 employers may not require an employee or prospective employee to consent to a request for a credit report unless (more…)