The HR Magazine article: Safer Separations, written by Johnny Lee, director of Peace at Work, an agency dedicated to violence prevention in the workplace, states, “Terminations and layoffs are the leading causes of workplace violence committed by employees. Being respectful of the terminated employee betters the chances that the employee will walk away without engaging in retaliatory behavior.”, Lee said. He provides tips for before, during and after a termination meeting. Similarly, in POE’s screening… [Read More]
IRS failed to Perform Checks on Contractors
By: Associated Press – August 17, 2014 — WASHINGTON — The IRS failed to do background checks on some private contractors who handled confidential taxpayer information, exposing more than a million taxpayers to an increased risk of fraud and identity theft, a government investigator said. In one case, the IRS gave a printing contractor a computer disk with names, addresses and Social Security numbers of 1.4 million taxpayers, but didn’t require a background check for… [Read More]
Invalid Employment Consumer Report Authorizations?
Thousands of job applicants have filed class action lawsuits, claiming the Defendant Employers’ Authorization forms are invalid because they contain extraneous information. The lawsuits claim the Employers’ Authorization forms contain, among other things: release of liability applicant admission that the applicant has not knowingly withheld any information the application does not create an employment contract the applicant waives the receipt of a copy of any public record Other charges claim the Authorizations are included on… [Read More]
Managing Compliance Issues
POEknows has recently updated our Employment Consumer Report Authorization and Employment Disclosure forms. Due to the growing number of employers that are being targeted for class action lawsuits, we analyzed the allegations and we are recommending changes in order to ensure that our clients are utilizing authorization forms that follow, strictly, the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). According to reports on the latest class action lawsuit against a major market retailer, this retailer was not… [Read More]
Credibility Interview
Criminal background checks and credit reports are a large part of Pre-Employment investigative consumer reports. There is security in knowing that the information being reported to your company for your applicants is as accurate as possible. How do you know that the prospective employee, Robert Brown, does not have an extensive criminal record that will affect his job placement? POE vets every single record in an applicant’s name. POE offers a service that most major… [Read More]