By law, employers who engage outside companies to conduct background checks (when and where permitted) must (i) notify job applicants, in a written document separate from other employment or ...

Background checks and the law. Following a recent near-miss for a major financial organisation, HC investigates the laws surrounding background checking. ... However, even if obtaining the information ...

The Washington State Legislature has been busy as usual this session. Two bills with significant implications for employers ...

All background checks will be conducted in compliance with federal and state law. Background checks will include, ... reserves the right to require the employee to satisfactorily clear a background ...

A National Employment Law Project report found the FBI ran a record 16.9 million employment background checks – a six-fold increase from a decade ago – for jobs ranging from child care to ...

Asking for background checks that’re unnecessary could be considered an invasion of employee privacy. Speaking with Mike MacLellan, partner at Crawford Chondon & Partners LLP, he says it’s all about ...

Failure to do so may result in disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment. Background Check Procedures. Bowdoin College has partnered with a third-party provider, Sterling ...