Wisconsin Supreme Court Eases the Burden for Employers Defending Arrest and Conviction Record Discrimination Claims Under State Law
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by Sabine Capilitan
2y ago
Our friends at Littler Mendelson P.C. recently posted this article: The Wisconsin Fair Employment Act (WFEA) prohibits employers from discriminating against applicants and employees on the basis of their arrest and conviction records.1  Generally, an employer cannot make decisions on the basis of an arrest or conviction record unless the crimes “substantially relate” to the circumstances of the job at issue.2  For many years, the state agencies responsible for enforcing this law—the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) and the Labor and Industry Review Commission (LIRC ..read more
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California Privacy Rights Act for Employers: The New “Notice at Collection” California Employers Must Distribute to the Workforce
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by Sabine Capilitan
2y ago
  Our friends at Littler Mendelson P.C. recently posted this article: On January 1, 2023, the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) will go into effect and California employers will be required to develop a compliance model to address the range of new privacy rights granted to their workforce members under the law.  In our previous articles, we covered the data rights that workforce members will be able to exercise under the CPRA over the human resources (HR) data collected by employers.1  This article addresses the right that workforce members will have to receive a privacy noti ..read more
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3 Factors That Determine the Cost of a Background Check
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by Mike Wiley
2y ago
Hiring someone who has misrepresented their credentials, background, or criminal history can be disastrous for your organization. At best, your new hire might lack the necessary skills to do the job, which can drag down your productivity and force you to expend excessive time and resources on training. At worst, the new hire can expose your organization to severe legal, financial, and reputational risk – especially in highly regulated fields such as health care and finance. Unsurprisingly, then, 96% of employers mitigate these risks by running some form of pre-employment background check. Back ..read more
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The Importance of Background Checks for Remote Employees
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by Sabine Capilitan
2y ago
  Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, remote work has helped slow the spread of the virus while allowing companies to stay in business and employees to continue earning a paycheck. Now that a vaccine is available, many companies have resumed on-site operations. Yet, remote work is here to stay. Many workers have found that they prefer to work remotely at least some of the time. Employers enjoy the benefits of a more engaged workforce, lower office overhead, and access to a nationwide talent pool. Gartner predicted this summer that, by the end of 2021, over half of global knowledge workers w ..read more
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The Delay Dilemma: Why you are waiting so long for your drug screening results and what you can do about it
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by Mike Wiley
2y ago
There are many things in life that you don’t want to be delayed, including getting that open position at your company filled with the perfect candidate. A key step to confirming that perfect candidate is an accurate–and timely–drug screening to ensure a safe, drug-free work zone. If the drug test is delayed, the whole hiring process can be delayed, and there can be consequences for both the employee and the employer such as a negative candidate experience or even the perfect candidate finding a different job instead of waiting it out. Current Delays in Processing The United States is currently ..read more
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Common Human Resource Mistakes That Can Often Delay Background Screening
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by Mike Wiley
2y ago
Background screening has become a routine part of many hiring processes. Unfortunately, by treating it as routine, many human resources professionals accidentally engage in behaviors that actually delay a background screening. Since a delayed background screening can, in turn, delay a hiring process or result in lower-quality hiring decisions, it is important to approach background screening with the attention it deserves. Here are several common mistakes human resources staff make that can result in a delayed background screening. Dismissing Background Checks as “Administrative” Many items du ..read more
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The Importance of Workforce Monitoring and Re-Screening
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by Mike Wiley
2y ago
Hiring managers understand how important it is to include background checks as part of their due diligence in hiring. Companies that abandon this attention to detail after a hire is made, however, do so at their own risk. While background checks in the hiring process are important, continuing to monitor employees’ backgrounds, credentials, and related statuses after hiring are just as valuable. From building stronger teams to maintaining legal and regulatory compliance, workforce monitoring and re-screening play a key role in helping a company meet both its obligations and business goals. Why ..read more
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Accelerating Your Sourcing and Onboarding Process
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by Mike Wiley
2y ago
Does it feel like the hiring process moves faster than ever? If so, you’re not alone. Many human resources professionals find themselves scrambling to keep up with an avalanche of applicants, applications, and tasks during the hiring process. While each step in the process is necessary, these steps can also make the hiring process lengthy and cumbersome when taken together. Background screenings may be essential for regulatory compliance and safety, for example, but the time required to complete one may also leave an applicant hanging – or cause them to abandon the hiring process altogether, s ..read more
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Improving Your Workforce Compliance & Monitoring Methods
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by Mike Wiley
2y ago
Every industry falls within its own complex web of federal, state, and local laws and regulations, especially when it comes to hiring and maintaining an employed workforce. Consequently, CHROs, health and safety executives, and their teams all spend a great deal of time focused on the demands of workforce compliance and monitoring. These demands can eat time. They demand access to large amounts of data and the ability to analyze that data quickly and efficiently. Organizations that focus on improving their compliance monitoring methods often see results in the form of better information about ..read more
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6 Reasons Your Background Check Could Be Delayed
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by Mike Wiley
2y ago
Successful hiring largely depends on speed and efficiency. After all, every day an important position goes unfilled is a day your company isn’t operating at its full potential. When delays are out of your hands, such as during the background screening process, it can be frustrating not knowing what’s causing the problem. Here are some of the factors that could lead to your background checks being delayed. 1.      Inaccurate and/or incomplete data When employers and candidates make mistakes or provide only partial information during the background check data entry proce ..read more
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