We are promoting a Webinar that our partners at Dinsmore and Shohl are presenting. The topic is navigating regulatory compliance in the hiring and on-boarding process. Find out more here!

We are also sponsoring, exhibiting and attending the 40th Annual ASIS Columbus Chapter Seminar and Exhibits. We would love to see you there. Find out more here!

We came across this article posted by JD Supra and Perkins Coie. The article does a great job of outlining FCRA requirements, steps employers should take when screening new hires, highlights of two Ninth Circuit decisions, perils of violating the FCRA, and takeaways for employers!

The challenge in considering social media information in the hiring process, is knowing what information you can use to make hiring (and firing) decisions without running the risk of discrimination claims.  Broadly screening social media can be problematic because information found online can carry legal risk and may not even be true.  However, according to a recent research report by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), 76% of companies said that they do use or are planning to use social media sites for recruiting. More than half of the employers responding said that social networking sites are an efficient way to recruit candidates.

Multiple states, cities, and municipalities have passed Ban-the-box legislation. It can be tricky to keep up with the varying laws and the subtle nuances, especially if your business has multiple locations spanning different cities and states.

OPENonline has posted multiple times about the current litigation frenzy surrounding employer background screening disclosures. But the language included in disclosures is already shaping up to be one of the hottest employer litigation topic of 2019.

Case in point is the recent Ninth Circuit ruling in Gilberg v. California Check Cashing Stores, LLC, No. 17-16263, 2019 WL 347027 (9th Cir. 2019). Since the decision on January 29, 2019, we haven’t been able to count the slurry of articles, emails, and posts covering the ruling.