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01/14/05
Virginia Court Rules that Lack of Pre Employment Screening Leaves Employer Liable for Damages
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Virginia has ruled that a college student is allowed to continue with her claims for negligent hiring and retention against a janitorial staffing service after allegedly being attacked by an employee of the service. Employers are charged with a duty to exercise reasonable care in the hiring and retention of their employees. Although the lower court dismissed her claims of negligent hiring and negligent retention, the 4th Circuit reversed that decision, allowing the claims to go forward to a jury....

01/10/05
Background Checks Used to Screen Elementary School Volunteers
Elementary schools throughout North Carolina are screening adult volunteers by utilizing background checks. So far, about 200 people with criminal records or bad driving records have been denied unsupervised access to students. T Keung Hui of the News Observer Reports....

01/05/05
Background Checks are a Standard Policy on NBA Franchise Sales
Dan Gilbert, trying to win approval for his $375 million purchase of the Cleveland Cavaliers, is likely to undergo a particularly comprehensive background check, and it is uncertain whether his history as a college bookie would hinder his efforts. Chris Sheridan of Associated Press Reports....

01/03/05
Conflicting State and Federal Laws Hinder Pre Employment Screening in N.C. Nursing Homes
Prospective home healthcare agency and nursing home employees who committed crimes in other states could slip through the pre employment screening process and work in North Carolina undetected because of conflicting state and federal laws. Effective January 1st, a new state law requires comprehensive employee background checks on all job applicants at nursing homes, home health care agencies and mental health facilities. However, Federal privacy laws conflict with the new North Carolina law...

01/02/05
Effective January 31, 2005 - FTC Requires Employers to Provide Revised Version of FCRA Summary of Rights to Applicants
President Bush signed the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (the Fact Act) into law on December 04, 2003, amending the FCRA in several respects. The Fact Act required the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to create new notices reflecting these changes. On November 30, 2004, the FTC released the final version of the revised notices to consumers (employees and applicants), furnishers of information (i.e. Inquest Pre Employment Screening), and users of consumer reports (i.e. Inquest Clients). The revised notices take effect on January 31, 2005.

You can find the FTC's final rule and all of the revised notices on FTC's Website www.ftc.gov. You can also download a copy of the Revised Summary of Rights from our Website.

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