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Is Your Organization Ready to Pay $6 Million for an Employee Background Mistake?
By Scott Paler A recent class action settlement for $5.9 million with First Transit, Inc. reinforces the need for employers to review their background screening forms and procedures to ensure compliance with federal and state laws. The quick version—the plaintiff walked away with a smooth $5.9 million, which left First Transit, Inc., gasping for air .. read more
Protecting Employees’ Personal Privacy
What happens to the personally identifiable information (PII) that I send to BackTrack on my applicants? Is it safe? Do my employees get added to mailing lists or is their data sold to other data brokers? Clients send us hundreds of pieces of PII daily, and BackTrack is committed to protecting the employee data that .. read more
Diploma Mills
With all the news stories over the past year regarding diploma mills and falsified educational backgrounds, one would think that the incidences of these turning up in background checks would be shrinking. Unfortunately, that is not the case. Google “diploma mill” and over 343,000 results are returned. Do the same with “fake degrees” and over .. read more
Customer Compliments
A lot of companies talk about how good their customer service is. At BackTrack, that is not good enough. We want our customers to be enthusiastic about our service. We realize that our continued growth and success as a company directly relates to how we treat our clients and how we deliver our services. Our .. read more
Data Protection / Privacy
BackTrack has strict data protection and privacy policies in place to help safeguard against compromising an applicant’s identity. What procedures does your company have in place to protect the data that you receive from BackTrack? Our website requires users to change their passwords every 90 days and to create strong passwords. Do your users store .. read more
Massachusetts Law Update
Effective November 4, 2010 Massachusetts law prevents employers from asking questions on an initial written application about criminal offender record information. Employers may inquire about an applicant’s criminal history after the initial written application during a subsequent in-person interview or later in the hiring process. BackTrack has modified the standard release authorization to address this change .. read more
2011 Cleveland SHRM
The Cleveland Society for Human Resource Management (CSHRM) is the local affiliate chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), an international organization comprised of over 250,000 human resource professionals. This year’s conference in Cleveland, OH will be held on March 11th, 2011. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
Big Projects? No Problem!
Is your company acquiring another one? Do you have background checks on all of your current employees? Do you have employees who need to go onsite to a client company? Do you need to re-run the driving records for your fleet of drivers? Have you implemented a drug free workplace and need to test all .. read more
CrimeTrack
Is your company using CrimeTrack, our database search containing over 501 million records from all 50 states, sex offender data from all 50 states, and the government watch lists? CrimeTrack provides an extra layer of protection for your company and gives you a great bang for your buck. One search gives you so much information .. read more
Illinois Law Update
Effective January 1, 2011, the State of Illinois has place restrictions on the use of credit reports in background checks. Governor Quinn signed the Employee Credit Privacy Act (H.B. 4658) into law on August 10, 2010. Credit reports may be used in limited circumstances where a bona fide occupational requirement exists. Those positions include bonding .. read more
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