As a supplement to the 2011 HireRight Employment Screening Benchmarking Report, we asked respondents working in transportation to answer industry-specific questions. The result is the HireRight Transportation Spotlight, which features the responses from hiring professionals working in trucking, bussing, shipping and air transportation.
Similar to the respondents in the Benchmarking Report, [...]
To help ensure compliance, health care organizations should consider going beyond checking OIG LEIE and EPLS lists for sanctions. Here are 3 best practices to enhance your current background screening program.
California recently became the seventh state to address the use of credit reports for employment background screening purposes. California Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 22 (AB 22) which restricts when employers lawfully can use “consumer credit reports.” AB 22 is effective as of January 1, 2012.
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As hiring begins to recover and employee turnover increases, organizations should stay ahead of hiring demand and ensure that they have an effective and compliant employment background screening policy in place.
The right background screening policy can help an organization by reducing the risks of claims, as well as improve the quality of its workforce.
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Although employment screening in the health care industry is highly regulated, drug and alcohol testing is often not required by law.
Drug and alcohol screening is vital because an individual with patient contact that abuses drugs or alcohol may put employee and patient safety at risk and increase the frequency of negligence or [...]
Discover the top three background screening challenges revealed in the HireRight Health Care Spotlight and common best practices for addressing them.
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