CanalPlus, a french film cable news channel, interviewed Los Angeles Based Corra Group Background Screening about Ryan Jenkins and problems studios have running background checks on reality television stars. The vido is overdubbed in French, but you can hear the guys from Corra talking in English.

The watershed moment was Ryan Jenkins, who allegedly murdered his wife and was a contestant on reality show “Megan wants a Millionaire”  Jenkins passed an initial background check, apparently due to a Canadian court clerk missing filed cases.  Canada has since revised its background checking policies and tightened up it’s Canadian screening policies.

Corra’s entertainment industry background check packages are the Prime Time Package, a basic introductory package, the “Red Carpet Package”, and “The Industry Package” each provides an increasing level of screening and helps studios screen different strata of employees and contestants.

Holders of Guam driver’s licenses are residents of Guam, and can include contractors on the island as well as United State Military workers.  Screening your candidate’s Guam driving record can assist in uncovering moving violations that would otherwise remain hidden. 

Guam driving records take approximately 10 to 15 business days to process and return

For more information review motor vehicle record services on Corra’s website, www.corragroup.com

Recurring Background Screening
Usually a background check is a good indicator of future behavior, especially with regard to to anti-social behavior such as criminal activity or civil lack of fiduciary responsibility.  Sometimes an employee can come onto a job with a clean record.  However, as time goes on, your employee’s situation may change.  Its important to consider conducting additional background screening for your current employees, including those up for promotion.  Most trucking firms are required to evaluate driving records over time, as their driver’s driving habits may change.  It is worth considering what sort of background check might be worthwhile for your firm to re-screen employees.    Make sure you follow the requirements of the FCRA, and obtain permission from your employees to run background checks.

Background checks are a valuable tool for screening offer ready candidates.  They can also be used to screen active employees, as the city of Alton is starting to do.  Before you begin to expand your screening practice to including ongoing checks of your current workforce, make sure you are in compliance with the Fair Credit Report Act.  You must always have your job applicants signed a consent and release form before running a background check.  If you are going to screen active employees, make sure that release form includes language giving you the right to screen again once the candidate has been hired.

Recurring Screening
Some contracts and DOT regulations require annual screening of your driver’s motor vehicle records.   Your driver may have had a clean driving record when they applied for the job, but after twelve months many things can change, including driving under the influence convictions, accidents, suspensions, etc.  Make sure you are in compliance with your contracts by conducting ongoing screening.  Your driver’s Motor Vehicle records can be accessed at Safeguard Screening in real time.  We provide data connections to 50 states Department Of Motor Vehicles.  Some states, like Florida, offer both 3 year and 7 year driver record reports.  Make sure you check with your client to determine what type motor vehicle record report you need.

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Online vs. Paper?
If it wasn’t confusing enough, the USCIS notes that the current Form I-9 expires 06/30/09.  Today they issued a press release indicating that the form is still valid beyond June 30th.    They are requesting an extension from the OMB (office and management and budget) and until that occurs the form is still valid.  At some point they will have an updated form and will release it for employers to download.  When you sign up with a designated agent like Corra Group, their electronic form will automatically update with the new form, so there is no need to worry about expiration dates.

If you need a paper version of the current I-9 form, you can download it here

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FACIS stands for “Fraud and Abuse Control Information System” which provides information on sanctioned individuals working in the healthcare field.  There are three levels of Facis. Level 1 combines the databases of the OIG and GSA, Level 2 adds a list of federal disciplinary action information from multiple agencies, and level 3, includes additional disciplinary actions from licensing and certification agencies across the country.

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The agency used a list of crimes not found in state laws to find that some applicants shouldn’t be hired. The list, which included misdemeanor DUIs and other minor crimes, was in a bill considered but not approved by the 2003 Legislature.

The article touches upon the subject of application notifcation and whether the job applicants received an adverse action letter based on the background check. 

Capt. Phil O’Neill, who runs the division, said he didn’t know of anyone who lost a job over the mistake, adding they might not have been hired for other reasons.

This response sounds like code speak for “we found somebody better qualified” in which the company wouldn’t have to issue an adverse action letter.

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We agree that having prospective candidates pay for their own background check may force them to apply elsewhere.   There is a shortage of nurses in the United States and Nova Scotia nurses may do well to travel south of the border. 

We disagree that the honor system is working.  The honor systems works for those who do not commit crimes.  It is naive to believe that those nurses commit crimes, will honorably report all crimes on renewal.  The honor system, while high minded and should reflect the decency and civility of Nova Scotia, is subjecting medical patients to the “honor” of a criminal minded nurse.  By reductio ad absurdum, imagine a child molesting nurse.  Are we to believe that such a nurse would admit such crimes or convictions to the nursing college knowing that this information would assuredly ruin her chance to keep her job.   The college rightfully has instituted a background check program to protect the populace.

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