Here is an interesting article regarding the controversy over employers who are requesting their job applicants’ Facebook Passwords in order to monitor this social media function.   While social media reviews can be helpful, there are also things to consider, including invasion of privacy issues and FCRA compliance standards.   Facebook itself made a statement [...]

By a vote of four to one the EEOC approved a new series of guidelines to the way background checks for employment screening can be applied for each job applicant.  Here is the overview provided by knowledgeable law firm, Seyfarth and Shaw…   For the complete list please click on this link to the Seyfarth and Shaw [...]

Here is one that I would think will go on to the higher courts.   Florida Governor, Rick Scott, proposed that all 85,000 Florida State workers have drug tests. The judge rejected the proposal. He ruled that the Governor provided no evidence of a drug problem among Florida State Workers. According to an article in [...]

For those conducting background checks for employment screening purposes, please take note of the following change in court procedure in San Luis Obispo County, California. As previously notified, the court In San Luis Obispo, California has removed the public index, leaving all searches to be run through a court clerk.  This process can result in delays as [...]