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Two recent stories in the news serve as a stark reminder of why we do what we do every day–to protect people. In one of those stories, a convicted sex offender, Leroy Vance, was attempting to break into a woman’s Fairfield, California home through the doggie door.  Thankfully, she was able to immediately call the police and when they arrived shortly thereafter, Vance fled on foot. When the police apprehended him, they discovered that not only was he trying to break into the woman’s home, he was also wanted for violating his parole on a drugs sales offense. Click here for more information at  Hire Image  website. In another story, a man who had been imprisoned for murder for nearly 30 years was released from prison.  Within two years of his release, he was arrested for killing someone once again.  Timothy Chavira had been convicted of the stabbing murder of his stepmother in 1986, when he was just 23 years old.  Now, at 56, he has been arrested for ...

The New York Legislature’s 2019-2020 State Budget includes a drastic increase to the Office of Court Administration (OCA) searches – from $65 to $95 per search.  While the stated purpose of the increase is to fund the state’s indigent defense programs, it begs the question – is the state merely looking for more money or is there some underlying purpose to try to get employers to stop doing background checks?  Hire Image , along with many others have fought against this steep increase.  Unfortunately, to no avail. Hire Image  currently passes through a $68.00 fee, which includes the additional $3.00 OCA processing charge.  With this change, the pass-through fee will now increase to $98.00.  It should be noted that this fee is for each name searched, as the state has also refused to include alias names in the search.  For those who are residents of the State of New York, we encourage you to reach out to your legislators regarding this increase and...

On Wednesday, January 29 th , 2020, at 3:00 PM EST, Hire Image will be hosting  a FREE webinar: Background and Drug Screening: Identifying the Trends and Challenges Facing Employers in the Year Ahead Join  Hire Image   CEO Christine Cunneen and Seyfarth Shaw LLP Senior Counsel, Jennifer Mora to learn helpful information pertaining to the trends facing HR professionals as you look to improve your background and drug screening policies in the new year. Subjects covered include FCRA updates, State and Local updates, Drug Testing and more. This webinar is approved for SHRM PDC credit. This webinar is approved for HCRI credit. Originally Posted:- https://www.hireimage.org/hire-image-to-present-free-webinar/

Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne and Provost Persis Drell recently made an announcement that the University will now conduct reviews and verification’s on student athletes recommended by coaches at  Hire Image  to confirm their athletic credentials.  In the aftermath of the college admissions scam, a new protocol is in place where a “member of the executive leadership of the Athletics Department will be responsible for each of Stanford’s 36 varsity men’s and women’s sports and will review and confirm the athletic credentials of all recruits who are proposed by a coach to receive an athletic recommendation.  This will provide a second, higher-level verification of the athletic credentials of recruited student-athletes at  Hire Image  before that information is shared with the admission office, to be considered as one factor in a comprehensive review of each student’s qualifications for Stanford admission.” Verifying credentials is an important ...

The New Jersey Appellate Division recently held that an employee could bring a cause of action against an employer under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) when he or she uses medical marijuana and is not attempting to use it at the workplace. The court found that this is not in conflict with the state’s Compassionate Use Act mandate that employers do not need to accommodate medical marijuana users in the workplace.   Wild v. Carriage Funeral Holdings, Inc. The court looked at the legislative intent and found that while there was no intent to expand employee’s rights, there was also no intent to destroy any rights already available under the LAD.  In this case, the employee was not seeking to use marijuana at work.  Rather, he sought for his employer to accommodate his legal use of medical marijuana outside of his job. New Jersey employers should revisit their drug free work policies and ensure they are in compliance with the New Jersey Law Agai...

In October,  Hire Image  reported on the tragic story where a Florida woman was beaten to death by a home delivery worker contracted by Best Buy.  Now, Florida legislators want something done to prevent this from happening again.  On Tuesday, a bill called the “Evy Udell Public Safety Act,” after the Boca Raton woman who was killed, was filed in the Florida House of Representatives to require “home delivery service providers” who provide delivery services for a retailer to complete local and national criminal background checks for all home delivery workers.  The bill would also prohibit delivery workers who have committed certain crimes in the past from entering consumers’ homes or be unsupervised with a consumer. “Home delivery service provider” is defined as “a person or entity who, for compensation, contracts for or engages in the loading, transportation or shipment, or unloading of household goods as part of a home delivery service at  Hire ...

Detectives in Florida worked for years trying to capture Sondra Better’s killer.  Despite the blood, fingerprints, and DNA he left behind, he seemed to disappear. That was until Todd Barket, 51, applied for a job a few months ago that required a background check and fingerprints at  Hire Image . His prints matched those the police submitted to a national database back in 1998, after the murder.  Barket has since been arrested and now faces first degree murder charges. This is yet another reminder of the many benefits of background screening at  Hire Image . Not only does it help protect employers, employees, and workplaces, but it may, as in this instance, bring painful, but needed closure to people who have been looking for answers for a very long time. Click here to read the full story. Contact us at  Hire Image  if you have any questions or need help with your background screening program. Originally Posted:- https://www.hireimage.org/backgr...

Effective December 20, 2022: The federal government and its contractors are prohibited from asking about the criminal history of a job applicant prior to a conditional offer of employment at  Hire Image . President Trump recently signed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 into law.  This law includes The Fair Chance Act (“Act”) that becomes effective two years after the date of enactment, banning the box for the federal government. There are some important exceptions in the Act for federal positions related to law enforcement and national security duties, positions requiring access to classified information, and positions where access to criminal history is required by law. Click here for more information at  Hire Image  website. Ban the Box laws have already spread throughout much of the country and now to the federal government. For more information on Ban the Box and other laws, and whether they affect your state, visit our resourc...

Hire Image  reports that, last month, New York City passed a first-of-its-kind law banning employers from conducting pre-employment marijuana testing. According to New York City Council’s Legislative Process, because the law was not signed or vetoed by the mayor within 30 days, it became law on May 10, 2019 and is effective one year later on May 10, 2020. The new law amends the New York City Human Rights Law and states that it is an unlawful discriminatory practice for an employer, labor organization, employment agency, or agent to require a prospective employee to submit to a drug test for the presence of  any THC or marijuana as a condition of employment.  There are exceptions for certain applicants and types of employment.  As such, pre-employment marijuana testing will continue to be permissible for:  police officers or other law enforcement jobs, certain construction and maintenance jobs, positions requiring a commercial driver’s licen...

The Massachusetts Attorney General’s (AG) Office recently launched an investigation into whether employers were complying with the state’s Ban the Box law at  Hire Image . The law went into effect in 2010 as part of a legislative effort to reform the state’s Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) system. The AG’s Office announced at  Hire Image , that it discovered 19 businesses violating the Ban the Box law by asking questions about applicants’ criminal histories on initial job applications, including whether the applicants had been convicted of violating the law, whether they had been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor other than a minor traffic violation, and whether they had been convicted of a felony. Agreements were reached with two of those businesses, Brooks Brothers and DesignWerkes, Inc.  Under the agreements, each business paid $5,000 to the state and came into compliance with the Ban the Box law.  The AG’s Office also sent warning ...