Tag: compliance

5 Background Check Mistakes — VICTIG VICTIG Background Checks 5 Background Check MistakesThat Put Your Company at Risk And most HR teams don’t realize they’re making them. After nearly two decades in the screening industry, we’ve seen the same costly mistakes on repeat. Here are the top 5. 1 High Risk 🔍 Only Screening at […]

VICTIG’s QuickApp is an application that allows your applicants to enter all their information and complete the required compliance procedures for the reports you have chosen to request on them. There are several reasons you might consider this process. Compliance As you are aware, before ordering information from VICTIG, you must provide disclosure to the […]

Even if you think you are “one in a million”, there’s about 340 of you in the United States. Of course you are unique, but we’re referring to your full name and date of birth as identifying information. Verifying the name and date of birth that you submit to us for background checks is important. […]

Driving records can be a valuable tool in your employment screening or retention process—primarily if your applicant or employee’s essential job functions is driving. Needless to say, driving is not an exclusive requirement should you choose to evaluate with a driving record. Flying a plane, operating a construction crane, operating machinery that could pose a […]

As you plan out the screening process for your organization, avoid common mistakes to make sure you successfully find the best candidate while minimizing risks. That last thing you want to do is

Landlords, hiring managers, entrepreneurs, and employers have something in common: when choosing a background screening provider, the issue of whether or not prospective providers can assure compliance with background check laws when conducting checks remains a top concern. Other concerns may include: Cost. Will the cost per check ensure a significant ROI? Turnaround. How long […]

Conducting employee screening and background checks is so prevalent a practice these days that a basic check can be done for under $20. More complex investigations, also called investigative consumer reports (ICRs), are much pricier and are often conducted on candidates of high level positions. Why Conduct a Background Check? Employers elect to pay for […]

After about a year and a half, the case EEOC v. Kaplan Higher Learning Education Corporation (Case No. 1:10-CV-2882), has finally been decided. The United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio dismissed claims that using credit reports as part of a hiring procedure created adverse impact on applicants, particularly African Americans. To […]

The FCRA, or Fair Credit Reporting Act, is a law that basically regulates the use of consumer information, including credit information. The law was passed in the early 1970s as a protection to consumers from Consumer Reporting Agencies. Purpose of the FCRA: The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), Public Law No. 91-508, was enacted in […]

We have published out webinar we did on the new EEOC updates that were released a couple weeks ago.  You can watch the video below or you visit our videos page.

There has been a lot of discussion around the county about pre employment criminal searches.  The main discussion is about the basic database search that many employers do and weather it is a effective and thorough search.  We subscribe to numbers websites and newsletters that updates us on State and Federal laws, FCRA discussions and CRA compliance […]

For you employers out there, here is what not to do!  I don’t think this case has been decided but I would find it hard to believe that Domino’s Pizza was following FCRA guidelines.  From personal experience I talk to many employers each month that are not doing what they should be doing. Article Taken from dispatch.com […]