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Employee Screening Articles For May 2009

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In case you missed any of our employee screening articles for May, here’s a quick recap of our most popular:

Smart, Compliant Hiring Decisions Made Easy

FYI Screening, Inc. offers a complete portfolio of employee screening services that will help you work smarter while providing the industry’s fastest turnaround and the highest quality results.

This will allow your company to focus on what really matters: hiring and retaining the best employees possible.

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E-Verify Federal Contractor Rule Delayed 4th Time

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Seyfarth Shaw reports:

“The federal government has extended, for a fourth time, the effective date of the E-Verify requirement for federal government contractors. The regulation is now set to take effect on September 8, 2009. The effective date is being delayed to give the Obama administration additional time to review the regulation, which was originally scheduled to be implemented on January 15, 2009. According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, an official announcement of the delay is expected to be published in the Federal Register this week.”

E-Verify Facts:

– Use of E-Verify is mandatory in 12 states
– 6.6 Million E-Verify queries were run in 2008*
– Over 1000 companies sign up each week*
– More than 100,000 employers use E-Verify today*
– 96% of workers immediately are authorized to work through E-Verify*
– Employees have the right to contest results
– 13% of all new hires were E-Verified in 2008

*Reported by Department of Homeland Security

Smart, Compliant Hiring Decisions Made Easy

FYI Screening, Inc. is a leading global provider of employee screening solutions to corporations, government agencies, healthcare systems and educational institutions.

Employee Screening Articles For April 2009

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In case you missed any of our employee screening articles for April, here’s a quick recap of our most popular:

Smart, Compliant Hiring Decisions Made Easy

FYI Screening, Inc. offers a complete portfolio of employee screening services that will help you work smarter while providing the industry’s fastest turnaround and the highest quality results.

This will allow your company to focus on what really matters:

Hiring and Retaining The Best Employees Possible

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A Growing Trend – Data Security and Protection

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identity_theftRecognizing the dangers of identity theft in the workplace, New York has joined 28 other states that have enacted laws intended to protect employees from identity theft.

TAKING IT A STEP FURTHER

Earlier this year, a new law went into effect in New York limiting employers’ use of employees’ personal information.

New York Labor Law § 203-d prohibits employers from communicating an employee’s social security number, address, telephone number, personal e-mail address, internet user identification name or password, parent’s surname or driver’s license numbers to the general public. The law also prohibits employers from publicly displaying an employee’s SSN, printing SSNs on identification badges or time cards, or using SSNs to identify employees for licensing purposes.

4 STEPS EMPLOYERS SHOULD TAKE

  1. Review your company’s use of full or partial SSNs and all other personal identifying information and make sure you are compliant with your state law.
  2. Draft privacy policies focusing on the use of personal information and specify which individuals should have access to this information.
  3. Communicate this privacy policy to all employees,with special focus on human resources, loss prevention, recruiting, benefits,and information technology personnel who may have access to identifying information.
  4. Ask your employee screening provider how they protect employee’s personal information.

OUR PRIVACY POLICY

FYI Screening, Inc. is a Consumer Reporting Agency (CRA) that prepares Consumer Reports for authorized employers under the provisions of the the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). FYI only collects applicant data pursuant to written Authorization and Disclosure under the FCRA and only disseminates consumer reports to employers as directed in the written authorization. Data is only collected and distributed at the direction and authorization of consumers . The data is maintained in a secured site. All data is the property of the consumer. FYI maintains strict policies and procedures in all aspects of its operation to protect the privacy of consumers.

Find out how FYI Screening can help protect your employee’s personal information.  Contact us here or call 1-800-809-2419.

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E-Verify for Federal Contractors Delayed Again

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The effective date of the rule requiring federal contractors and subcontractors to begin using the E-Verify system has been pushed back by six weeks to June 30, 2009.

The extension provides the Obama Administration an adequate opportunity to review the entire rule prior to its applicability to federal contractors and subcontractors.

Read more about E-Verify here.