With so much emphasis on the criminal background check industry and the use of criminal history checks in the employment screening process, now is the time for employers to review their pre-employment background screening policies. The EEOC is not going away and filed two big law suits against big companies just recently because of how they used criminal background checks in the hiring process. Even though BMW, one of the larger companies hit with an EEOC law suit did not purposefully discriminate against certain people, its criminal history checks lead to an aggregate disproportionate amount of minorities being negatively affected by them. The EEOC is trying to stop wide spread criminal history sweeps that exclude many candidates that otherwise would be qualified for the job. Often time’s criminal records contain non violent offenses, no jail time, or even just arrest records that never lead to a conviction. The EEOC is making it clear that employers need to take a closer look at their employment screening policies particularly the use of criminal records in the hiring process. They are encouraging employers to take a deeper look at applicants without automatic rejections from the criminal history background check result. To learn more about this subject read recent CriminalBackgroundRecords.com press release: http://www.criminalbackgroundrecords.com/news/2013-8-8-Employers-Review-Background-Screening-Policies.html
Should College Kids be Screened the Same Way as Long Term Renters?
Recent press release suggests that college kids seeking short term or less than one year leases should be screened the same as long term renters. The risks that exist from long term renting also exist for short term renting. It is advised that every college student applying for the lease including any co-signers or guarantors be fully vetted prior to handing over the keys. Thorough and fact based tenant screening help landlords and property managers make decisions that will promote the 3 P’s (People, Property and Perception). It is also psychological that short term renters would take less care of the property as would someone who intends to live there for a long time. In some aspects short term leases are more risky than long-term rentals and certainly warrant the same level of tenant checks as their counterpart. To learn more about this subject read recent TenantScreeningUSA.com press release: http://tenantscreeningusa.com/tenant-screening-news/with-summer-here-back-to-school-is-near-tenant-screening-college-kids/
Background Checks on Volunteers and Contractors?
Organizations that utilize volunteer help and home owners that hire contractors into their home should perform background screening on them including a criminal background check. It is extra imperative for organizations and home owners to make sure thorough background screening is conducted on volunteers and contractors when their job involves human contact with at risk populations such as children, the elderly and disabled people. To learn more about when to background check and the risks involved in not background checking along with recent headlines on the subject read recent CriminalBackgroundRecords.com press release: http://www.criminalbackgroundrecords.com/news/2013-2-14-To-Background-Check-Or-Not-To-Background-Check.html
Is Background Screening of Tour Guides Unconstitutional?
Some say background screening can only serve to benefit tourists and offer a measure of protection. Tour guides in New Orleans say that performing criminal background checks on them is unconstitutional and violates their First Amendment Rights. Similar licensing arguments have been challenged in Philadelphia and Washington as well, stating that tour guides provide expressive activity similar to a parade. The city created these regulations on licensing to include that tour guides pass a history exam, drug test and criminal background check to protect tourists and the city. To learn more about tour guides and background screening and the debate over the regulations required for licensing and why using a third party background screening company helps read recent CriminalBackgroundRecords.com press release: http://www.criminalbackgroundrecords.com/news/2012-10-11-Tour-Guides-and-Background-Screening.html
Background Screening and how Risk Mitigation Affects Employers
Background screening with just background checks doesn’t quite meet risk mitigation levels unless a third party background screening company is utilized. Background screening especially for employment screening purposes should use a third party background screening company to truly reduce threats and increase safety. These professional background checking companies specialize in helping companies create safe and secure workplace environments and are current with laws and best practices concerning the background screening industry specifically when used for employment screening. For more information on this subject read recent CriminalBackgroundRecords.com press release: http://www.criminalbackgroundrecords.com/news/2012-08-14-What-Is-Risk-Mitigation.html
Background Screening – EEOC vs. Congress
Background screening remains a hot issue in the news today and in the government. The new EEOC guidelines were not taken well with Congress and they quickly took action to ensure the EEOC could not finance any type of enforcement of its new guidelines. It appears that the layout provided by the EEOC set out to reduce unethical, unfair, racism and other forms of discrimination would in fact cause discrimination and make it even more difficult for minorities like black men to get a job in the USA. The debate will continue, but one thing is sure, US companies have a right to protect themselves and their employees from preventable threats. For more on this subject read recent CriminalBackgroundRecords.com press release: http://www.criminalbackgroundrecords.com/news/2012-07-18-Background-Screening-Always-In-The-News.html
Treat Short Term Renters like Long Term Renters
Global events like the Olympic Games draws huge crowds of people for short periods of time. During events such as these many people rent out their houses to short term visitors staying in the area for a week or two. However, many of these home owners do not perform tenant background checks on these short term renters and that is a mistake. Short term renters such as these can damage your home or stiff you the rent or even worse commit a crime on your property. Short terms renters should be treated like long term renters which means a credit check, eviction check and national criminal check should be done on them as well before you give them the keys to your home and reputation.
To read more about why tenant background checks should be performed on short term renters the same as long term renters please read recent press release found here.
Individual Background Checks Discover Identity Fraud and Criminal Report Errors
Individual background checks discover errors on your personal criminal record report and may also reveal identity fraud. Individual criminal background checks are on the rise particularly in the form of pre-interview background checks, background checks conducted by an individual on themselves prior to applying for a new job position to ensure the information their potential hire will discover about them is accurate and not corrupted or wrong.
For a small fee to place a criminal background check on yourself on a site like CriminalBackgroundRecords.com why take the risk of losing a great job because of a mistake on your criminal report? It isn’t worth the risk and knowing what is on your criminal background report is better than guessing…
CriminalBackgroundRecords.com offers personal criminal background checks to all Americans to help them protect and safeguard their public records information. This is paramount as public criminal records reports can affect a person’s leasing and/or employment opportunities.
How Landlords, Property Managers & Professional Tenant Screeners Help Create Safe Environments
When landlords and property managers team up with professional tenant screeners they are investing in a long term safe environment for their renters. Creating a safe working environment is similar to creating a safe living environment and this is why landlords and human resource people are going to professional background screening companies to help vet their potential tenants and employees.
There are several steps a landlord or property manager should take before leasing out that vacant apartment unit… Partnering with a professional tenant screening company is the first step and can pay for itself over and over again as you fill your apartments with qualified low risk tenants that don’t pose a threat to existing or new tenants. By embracing this practice you are creating a safe environment for people to live in and if your rent is priced right these renters could end up being long term happy tenants who always generate the most profits. Creating and or maintaining a safe living environment for your tenants is always a good strategy both in profits and human ethics.
To read more about how property managers and landlords can benefit from teaming up with a professional tenant screening company read recent press release found at: http://tenantscreeningusa.com/tenant-screening-news/property-managers-partnering-with-professional-tenant-screeners-help-create-safe-environments/
Cut Down Data Entry in Your Employment Screening Process
With cutbacks and tightened budgets Human Resource professionals are looking to do more with less. One way they can achieve this goal is by cutting down on the data entry required in most background screening processes for their employment and pre employment screening. CriminalBackgroundRecords.com has figured this new trend out and delivers an online background checking system to employers that requires very little data entry but produces all the necessary background reports employers are looking for.
Ordering criminal background checks, driving records, professional verifications including previous employment verifications need not be ordered separately anymore. The site allows for multiple independent background searches to be placed within the same order. This simple and very quick solution for human resources makes their role in the employment screening process much less demanding. Leaving the background check website the responsibility to do all the hard work in fulfilling the background checks requested. This is a safe and effective means to offload some of the burden HR professionals suffer without compromising quality and the effectiveness of your overall employment screening program.
For more information on how you can benefit from using this online background check website and why it is a good idea to minimize HR employment screening processing time without compromising quality read recent press release found at: http://www.criminalbackgroundrecords.com/news/2011-12-12-Data-Entry-Made-Simple-for-Background-Screening-Reports.html