There is much misunderstanding surrounding the reporting of criminal convictions older than 7 years. As recently as this month there was an article in HR Magazine that stated “The FCRA (Fair Credit Reporting Act) permits consumer reporting agencies to report on convictions for only up to seven years. This statement is just not correct. The […]

To enforce a fingerprint record or allow a name/date of birth/address criminal record search was a question faced by the Public Service Commission of Maryland in late 2016.  Rasier and Lyft filed both filed with the Public Service Commission of Maryland a Petition  to waive applicable fingerprint-based background check requirements in lieu of their current […]

Recently a client wanted to know why information on the internet was not in the report we provided on an applicant. The client researched the applicant on the web on their own. The client also sent the individual’s information to us for background investigation. The client found, on the internet, an indication that the individual […]

HR Magazine is wrong when it provides a statement about what a new Massachusetts Law prevents regarding employers’ inquiries about a candidate’s salary history? In the October 2016 issue of HR Magazine, page 12, the first statement reads as follows: “Massachusetts has become the first state to enact a law preventing employers from asking job […]

Many incorrectly assume that Maryland has banned doing criminal conviction searches in Maryland. This stems from wording in the Maryland Human Relations Commission Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedure. It is incorrect to assume you, as an employer, are no longer allowed to make inquiries of prior criminal convictions. Maryland allows inquiries about convictions that bear […]