Topics covered include Negligent Hiring, Comprehensive screening, FCRA End-User Obligations, Permissible Purpose, End-User Certification, Adverse Action Process, Authorization Form requirements, UDAAP, CRA Reporting, SSN Trace used with Credit Header Data, State reporting challenges and sharing reports with third parties. Read More
Topics include The eScreen Network, testing options, Turn Around Time, the future for testing, Oral Fluid testing, detection rates and the impact of THC. Read More
Topics include The Work Number and historical changes, Why bother?, Turn Around Time, Consumer Permission Data, Consumer Payroll docs and IRS documentation. Read More
Topics include Sample TAT by state, state issues, best practice for order entry, applicant entry precautions, sample SSN mismatch alert, automation vs clerk assisted, RSI Quality Assurance steps, why wee need 3 Personal Identifiers and Drug Screening. Read More
Topics include 613 Letters and Adverse Action Process, Permissible Purpose and Verifying records with PII, CRA reporting using standard scope vs state law and National Federal searches for comprehensive screening. Read More
In early May, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the end of COVID-19 temporary flexibilities for Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, will end on July 31, 2023. U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently announced that employers must complete in-person physical document inspections for employees whose documents were Read More
Reference Services, Inc is happy to announce a new third-party administrators partnership with Coalition for Construction Safety (CCS). Through the TPA, Coalition members will be able to work with RSI to order compliant drug test, have results entered in the CCS database and obtain the CCS ID Card after a Read More
Michigan has implemented a new “Clean Slate” law which will have a significant impact on those who conduct background checks in the state. This law aims to automatically seal certain non-violent conviction records if a person has remained conviction-free for a period of time. Read More
Reference Services, Inc (RSI) is proud to announce the return of Stephanie Pier as Compliance & Special Projects Coordinator and welcomes industry veteran Jessica Morales as Verifications Lead. Reference Services, Inc is headquartered in Evansville, IN and has remained one of the premier employment background screening companies in the country. Read More
California Court of Appeal ruled in All of Us or None of Us v. Hamrick that an individual’s date of birth and possibly driver’s license number could not be used as data identifying a criminal record in the public record system. Read More