Questions arise about background checks on airline workers
With the recent Air France airline crashes in the news, and the very publicized damage to a Southwest Airlines Flight recorded on cell phone camera, the scrutiny is returning to the ground, including how background checks are conducted on ground workers in avionics and airplane maintenance. An Article in WFAA in Texas, discusses the troubling [...]
Establishing an Electronic Form I-9 Account with E-Verify
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) offers electronic employment eligibility verification through their E-Verify program. Some background screening companies, such as Corra Group, based in Los Angeles, is a designated agent and will help you establishing your electronic employment eligibility account. Additionally, Corra Group will integrate your electronic I-9 form with your background check screening [...]
Nevada DPS releases inaccurate background check information
And you thought you were going to get the job right? Mercury News has an article about how the Nevada Department of Public Safety inaccurately reported back minor misdemeanor crimes such as DUI records on thousands of individuals. Apparently most of the searches were for Gambling-related companies, that probably must have a high standard for criminal [...]
Alabama offering Statewide Criminal Background Checks
The State of Alabama is now offering employers Alabama statewide criminal record search for $25.00. These searches can be ordered directly from their Alabama website or, if you use a third party background check provider, like Corra Background Checks, you allow them to access the criminal record information on your behalf. ABC system reports include felony [...]
Hot for Teacher – background checks, that is
The Austin American-Statesman wants the results of background checks conducted by the Austin School Board, but the school board and the The Association of Texas Professional Educators doesn’t want to give it to them. The District Attorney apparently ruled that “part of the information was not exempt from the public information laws.” Now the association [...]
Background Check Results: What to do
David Evans wrote an interesting article about background checks in higher education. As our universities begin to screen more candidates including professorships, its only natural for a scholastic and thoughtful discuss to arise about the merits of the background check procedure. He describes a horror story where a candidate was not selected due to negative information [...]
Pre Employment Screening is integral to your business
Reason.com wrote an article about the effectiveness of the electronic I-9 program called E-Verify. From the perspective of an employer with a bunch of interchangeable potential hires, it’s most efficient to simply run everyone through the system and fail to hire people with problematic records. Pre-employment screening is illegal, but a study commissioned by the [...]