Background screening is a low cost tool that can help with non for profit risk management policies and in the case of youth sports can help protect children. Although background checks are widely used for employment screening purposes it has not been used as extensively for screening volunteers, coaches and caregivers of at-risk populations. However recent news articles show that these types of background checks are increasingly gaining traction as an accepted and expected process. This is most apparent with youth sport leagues looking to perform background checks on sports coaches and assistants. To read more about this subject read recent press release found at: http://www.criminalbackgroundrecords.com/news/CBR-Highly-Recommends-Background-Screening-for-Youth-League-Coaches.html
Should Fathers be Background Checked to go to Daughters Dance?
A new requirement at an elementary school had fathers get background checked before they could attend the annual father-daughter dance. Some parents took this in stride while others complained it was an invasion of their privacy. This might be too extreme of measures to try and protect children. Since the father lives with the daughter anyway what good is a criminal background check going to do to avoid harm to his daughter? Seems a bit ridiculous and also knowing how many people will be at the dance makes it even more difficult for any crime against children to be made at such an event. Volunteer background checks are a good idea but running a criminal background check on the father of an elementary school’s daughter to attend a dance is flat out ridiculous and too far the other way. To read more about this subject read recent press release found at: http://www.criminalbackgroundrecords.com/news/2013-4-5-Dance-Dads-and-Background-Checks.html
Should Mobile Devices be used to Access Criminal Records?
Eventually maybe, but currently it is not practical for Human Resources to perform and retrieve their background checks via a mobile device. Additionally, recent mobile apps used for criminal record retrieval failed to operate within the guidelines of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Additionally, criminal records are not formatted for small mobile devices like cell phones. It is not the best interface for accessing and reviewing criminal records data. The security and privacy of this information is also much more vulnerable if retrieved through a mobile device leaving dissemination and alteration of such criminal data in question. To read more about this subject read recent press release found at: http://www.criminalbackgroundrecords.com/news/2013-3-14-Mobile-Background-Screening-Provider-In-Trouble.html
Should Background Checks be Performed on Volunteers and Contractors?
Yes. Volunteers and Contractors that have access to your home or at risk populations like children, elderly, and mentally challenged or disabled people should definitely get background checked prior to working. Criminal background checks as part of the background screening process should be performed on volunteers and contractors the same as will full time employees. Background checks on volunteers and contractors especially those in contact with at risk populations is a tremendous risk mitigation tool that can help keep people safe. To read more about this subject read recent press release found at: http://www.criminalbackgroundrecords.com/news/2013-2-14-To-Background-Check-Or-Not-To-Background-Check.html
Are Background Checks Accurate?
Most background checks performed through a professional background screening company are very accurate and reliable. However, in the news recently a woman was connected to a felony criminal record because of identity confusion. This is rare but occasionally happens when performing background checks. When this happens any professional background screening company would be able to assist the person in correcting the mistake and clearing the slate which should have been clear to begin with. CriminalBackgroundRecords.com has been a professional background screening company for over a decade and assists its clients with all aspects of background screening particularly employment and pre-employment screening. To read more about this subject read recent press release found at: http://www.criminalbackgroundrecords.com/news/2013-1-7-How-Accurate-Are-Background-Checks.html
Employment Screening Planning for 2013
With new Employment Screening guidelines from the EEOC along with new state laws and E-Verify checks it is time to partner with a professional third party employment screening company for the new year. Utilizing background checks and background screening from a professional third party employment screening company will enable Human Resources to make hiring decisions faster and more confidently. It is very advantageous for businesses going into the New Year to have a background screening company in place to help them make hiring decisions that are compliant with new laws and to avoid discrimination. For businesses of all sizes in the USA, CriminalBackgroundRecords.com has the ability and industry knowledge to provide the background reports required for pre-employment screening in a compliant, secure and affordable manner. To read more about this subject read recent press release found at: http://www.criminalbackgroundrecords.com/news/2012-12-7-Jobs-and-Pre-Employment-Screening-in-2013.html
EEOC – Pepsi Beverages Background Check Policy has Disparate Impact on Black Job Candidates
The EEOC has put a greater focus on criminal background checks in the employment screening process. Their investigation of Pepsi Beverages resulted in a restitution fine of $3.13 million that Pepsi must pay along with having to make changes to their hiring process. The EEOC investigation found that over 300 African Americans were adversely affected by their criminal background check policy that disproportionately excluded black applicants from permanent employment. Pepsi was using arrest records as part of their employment screening even if no criminal conviction was made. CriminalBackgroundRecords.com does not include arrest records in their criminal reports unless a conviction was made, this decision was made years ago to avoid discrimination and to help employers make hiring decisions based on criminal convictions and not arrest records which by themselves reveal no criminal history. To read more about this subject read recent press release found at: http://www.criminalbackgroundrecords.com/news/2012-11-13-EEOC-&-Criminal-Histories-in-the-News.html
Background Screening of Tour Guides
New Orleans tour guides must now pass a criminal background check in order to be a licensed tour guide. The tour guides are saying that this requirement is unconstitutional as violates the First Amendment. True that it is in a way free speech but also true that these tour guides spend most of their time with groups of tourists and with a criminal past could be a threat to them. Others would argue that there is no unsupervised time spent with tourists as they are in big groups which would make criminal activity very difficult. The debate continues… To read more about tour guides and background screening read recent press release found at: http://www.criminalbackgroundrecords.com/news/2012-10-11-Tour-Guides-and-Background-Screening.html
College Football, Criminal Background Checks, and Penn State
Penn State University recently changed its policies regarding hits hiring protocol. Now the University is requiring job applicants and third-party employees to undergo a criminal background check. The sex abuse scandal and cover up put the University under the microscope and all over the news. Performing a criminal background check with a 50-State sex offender check is a policy that every University and business should incorporate in their employment screening platform. Utilizing a professional third party background screening company like CriminalBackgroundRecords.com is the best way to ensure you are getting the most up to date accurate and complete criminal background check available in the USA. To read more about Penn State and their new criminal background check policy read recent press release found at: http://www.criminalbackgroundrecords.com/news/2012-09-12-College-Football-Criminal-Background-Checks.html
Public Records
Public records as defined in the USA are any publically available records, particularly court records. Public records range from criminal records to eviction records. Any American can go to a county court house and lookup public records themselves. However, these days with the advent of the Internet and large scale databases many people lookup public records like criminal records online through a third party background checking company like CriminalBackgroundRecords.com. To read more about public records please visit CriminalBackgroundRecords.com “Public Records” page found at:
http://www.criminalbackgroundrecords.com/public-records.html