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2010 Best Employee Screening Posts

Top 10 Employee Background Screening Posts For 2010

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Social screening candidates, increasingly complex compliance issues for employers and workplace violence articles were the most widely-read posts from our blog in 2010.  Stay tuned and we’ll keep you informed of the latest trends, best practices and legal compliance issues for employee background screening in 2011.

Below you’ll find our most widely-read posts of the year:

  1. Q&A On Using Social Networks For Background Screening
  2. Social Media And Employee Background Screening
  3. 8 Tips On How Employers Can Minimize Risk Of Workplace Violence
  4. Is Your Employee Background Screening Policy Up To Date?
  5. Everything You Need To Know About Form I-9 Compliance
  6. Legislative Alert – Maryland HB175 Seeks to Limit Use of Credit Reports by Employers
  7. Hundreds Of Felons Admitted To Ohio Schools
  8. How To Reduce The Risk Of Workplace Violence
  9. Over 100 Employee Background Screening Resources
  10. 10 Things You Probably Don’t Want To Post On Facebook If You’re Looking For A Job

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The Challenges of Background Check Compliance for Employers

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Littler Mendelson’s Privacy & Data Protection Practice Group just published an excellent article highlighting the challenges of background check compliance for employers:

New California Law Illustrates Challenges of Background Check Compliance for Employers

“Background checks seem to be a hot topic in state legislatures these days. In the past six months, for example, several states — including Illinois, Massachusetts, Oregon, and most recently California — have enacted laws bearing upon the process of checking the backgrounds of job applicants and employees. Under the new California law (pdf), effective January 1, 2012, background check authorizations must include the “Internet Web site address . . . where the consumer may find information about the investigative reporting agency’s privacy practices.” This seemingly trivial change is endemic to the challenges that employers confront in the area of background check compliance.”

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Everything You Need To Know About Form I-9 Compliance

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Why Employers Must Verify Employment Authorization and Identity of New Employees

Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

In 1986, Congress reformed U.S. immigration laws. These reforms, the result of a bipartisan effort, preserved the tradition of legal immigration while seeking to close the door to illegal entry. The employer sanctions provisions, found in section 274A of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), were added by the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA). These provisions further changed with the passage of the Immigration Act of 1990 and the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA) of 1996.

Employment is often the magnet that attracts individuals to reside in the United States illegally

The purpose of the employer sanctions law is to remove this magnet by requiring employers to hire only individuals who may legally work here: citizens and nationals of the United States, lawful permanent residents, and aliens authorized to work.

To comply with the law, you must verify the identity and employment authorization of each person you hire, complete and retain a Form I-9 for each employee, and refrain from discriminating against individuals on the basis of national origin or citizenship.

Form I-9 helps employers to verify individuals who are authorized to work in the United States.

Resources

  • Handbook For Employers (pdf)  – provides guidance on how to properly complete Form I-9, and answers frequently asked questions about the law as it relates to Form I-9  (Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

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