An Individualized Assessment (IA) can help! Individuals, Employers and Landlords It Can Help!! POEknows can Help! Individuals As many as 100 million U.S. adults have a criminal record of some sort! Are you the running into a brick wall, trying to secure employment or a residence? Do you qualify? Do you deserve? Are you ready? Let us help. Let POEknows assist you in preparing an in-depth Individualized Assessment, a critical dialogue about where you were,… [Read More]
Post Hire Screening
Planning on new employees for the New Year? Consider these thoughts for 2017! Your applicant arrives at your office, very well prepared for the interview. He makes a great impression and you decide to give him a conditional offer of employment and send him for the background check. He passes the background check with flying colors. No criminal record, clean drug test, valid drivers license, etc. He accepts the offer and has become your new… [Read More]
Transitioning from Conviction to Employment
According to the Department of Justice, around 70 million Americans have criminal records which hinder their chances of finding jobs. Many of them face significant challenges related to employment. With large numbers of working-age people carrying the stigma of a criminal record and the disproportionate impact on minority communities -policymakers nationwide have adopted a menu of reforms. According to the National Employment Law Project, 24 states and more than 100 localities have adopted “fair chance”… [Read More]
Revised Authorizations & Disclosures
Why the Revisions???? Between January 2015 and June 2015, over 1500 FCRA related Class Action Lawsuits were filed. According to Top Class Actions, among the companies which have been named as Defendants in FCRA related class Action Lawsuits in 2014 and 2015 are the following: Pizza Hut Whole Foods Dollar General Home Depot Publix Super markets UBS Financial Services Allegis Group, Inc. Aerotek Avis Michaels Stores, Inc. Wells Fargo Bank Some of these cases have… [Read More]
Critical Compliance Committee Work To Be Done
All end users of consumer credit reports are required by law to establish and maintain a federally required Red Flag Compliance Committee. POE recommends that our clients invite POE to be a member of your Committee and that your Committee meet at least once every six months. POE recommends the Committee expand its mission to oversee: Red Flag Compliance Valid Authorizations & Valid Disclosures Adverse Action Notification Ban the Box Legislation Social Media Screening Criminal Records… [Read More]
Prevent Class Action Lawsuits
Thousands of job applicants have filed class action lawsuits, claiming the Defendant Employers’ Authorization forms are invalid because the forms contain extraneous information. POE believes it may be only a matter of time before property owners and managers are presented with the same legal challenge. Accordingly, POE has revised our Resident Consumer Report Authorization and we have created a new Resident Consumer Report Disclosure. POE recommends that our multi-family housing and property management clients take… [Read More]