Does your firm include criminal convictions in your background investigation package? Most would answer yes. Ah, but did you know there are two major sources of criminal convictions. State (local) District Attorneys initiate violations of local laws at the county level. Federal District Attorneys initiate violations of federal laws. So, federal criminal convictions are held in federal district courts […]
Reasons why Freeman defeated the EEOC alleged misuse of credit and criminal convictions
Do you know why Freeman successfully defeated the EEOC’s discrimination lawsuit alleging improper use of credit check and criminal conviction reports? There are very important lessons for any employer to learn AND IMPLEMENT. Judge Roger Titus of the U.S. District Court of Maryland granted Freeman’s motion for summary judgment and dismissed the case of EEOC […]
Is FBI Criminal Database 100% accurate? Want to know why it isn’t? Want to know what to do?
The Washington Post recently published an article called “Growing use of FBI screens raises concerns about accuracy“. The article highlights the fact that many of the FBI’s Criminal Records only list arrests without reporting the disposition of those arrests i.e. did the arrest result in a conviction. Using arrest records to make an adverse hiring […]
Employee Theft Is Up – What Two Factors Contributed To Increase
Quiz Time, Quiz Time – A new study, conducted by Jack L. Hayes International, Inc., of 23 large retail firms finds that one out of how many employees engaged in employee theft? It found that employee theft is up 5%. What two factors, according to the study, contributed to the increase? A survey of 23 […]
Mistakes an employer made in using criminal convictions in a background check
A company ran a background investigation, including criminal conviction search, on an individual for employment purposes. The individual had a 2003 criminal conviction. The court ordered the 2003 criminal conviction stricken and dismissed the charges. Now let’s fast forward to January 2012 when the individual applied for employment. He received an employment offer contingent on successful […]
