Active Screening Blog
Seasonal Hiring is Here: Follow These Five Tips for a Fabulous Season
If you haven’t started drafting your holiday hiring gameplan yet, don’t fret. We’re here to help. We’ve combed the best advice that the internet has to offer, and combined it with our super awesome insider screening knowledge. The result? Five surefire ways to ensure...
Tough Time for Amazon – Two Lawsuits Filed for Alleged FCRA Violations
Amazon may want to double-check its job fair hiring procedures after two people have come forward claiming they were unfairly eliminated as applicants after erroneous background checks. And they better do it quickly if they want to hire this many people for the...
Update: Are Credit Checks Discriminatory? Some U.S. Senators Say, “Yes.”
A group of U.S. Senators is upping the ante on their bet that most Americans want credit checks banned from the hiring process. Led by Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), the “Equal Employment for All Act of 2015, aims to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) by...
How Identity Theft Can Affect Your Background Check
Most background screening companies are committed to operating at the highest standards to keep your Personally Identifiable Information (PII) protected. Click here for a list of the most proactive firms (these are the ones like Active Screening who have taken a...
Has Your Restaurant Server Been Background Checked?
We know all about the industries where background checks are REQUIRED - transportation, healthcare, child care, security, education. Then, there are the industries where background checks SHOULD happen - ministries, insurance, youth sports leagues, non-profit...
Judge Disses FCRA Class Action Claim
Complying with the Fair Credit Reporting Act is supposed to be relatively straightforward for employers, but it continues to be one of the biggest stumbling blocks. The latest company to get accused of violating FCRA law is Kohl’s Department Stores Inc., but this...
Are Property Owners Using Discriminatory Tenant Screening Policies?
Some New Orleans property owners are being accused of discriminatory background screening tactics for prospective tenants. If the allegations prove true, the ramifications could affect how property owners are policed when requesting and collecting background checks. A...
Is Ban the Box Gaining Federal Traction?
A grassroots movement to eliminate questions about a job candidate’s criminal history during the early stages of hiring may be going mainstream sooner than many people expected. A group of bipartisan federal legislators this month introduced a bill to “ban the box” on...
Chipotle Facing Meaty FCRA Class Action Lawsuit
It’s been a tough year for Chipotle. In January, a major pork shortage that affected nearly a third of all locations nationwide disrupted the chain’s carnitas supply for months. Last month, the burrito chain faced a class action claim that it had been using GMOs in...
Update! EEOC Heads to Court… Again
Attorneys representing the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) had a busy week in court in early September. The government agency that oversees the laws, rules and regulations of background checks was dealing with two cases, that, as we’ve previously...