The federal government has postponed (again) until May 21, 2009 implementing the E-Verify regulation for federal contractors, which requires that employers who contract work for the U.S. government use the E-Verify system to check if their employees are legally eligible to work in the country. This is the second time the federal government has pushed back the E-Verify deadline. The rule requiring approximately 168,000 federal contractors to use E-Verify was originally scheduled to go int... [More]
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Tags: e-verify, e-verify requirement, employment eligibility, federal contractors | Categories: Employment Eligibility | Immigration and Right to Work | Legal Compliance
REDDING, CA (January 23, 2009) – The Pre-employ.com Family of Companies (www.pre-employ.com) – a nationwide leader in Human Resources services and solutions – announced today that up to $11 million has been earmarked to reimburse California hospitals, and the nurses affected, for the cost of complying with the California Board of Registered Nursing’s emergency regulations requiring the fingerprinting of nearly 150,000 licensed nurses. A detailed overview of Pre-em... [More]
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Tags: fingerprinting, nurse, nurses, california, hospitals, background screening, human resources | Categories: Press Release
Fingerprinting locations across the state of California should see a sizeable uptick in business soon as nearly 150,000 nurses rush to be fingerprinted in an effort to comply with recent emergency regulations from the California Board of Registered Nursing requiring the fingerprinting of those nurses with no fingerprints on file. So, why the sudden requirement forcing nurses to answer the “Fingerprinting 911” call? Following an investigation by the Los Angeles Times and... [More]
Tags: background screening, criminal checks, fingerprinting, nurse, nurses, california | Categories: Background Screening
In an effort to encourage the employment of individuals with prior criminal convictions, New York’s Corrections Law has been amended to impose broader notice requirements on employers using criminal convictions found during background screening for employment decisions. Beginning February 1, 2009, new background screening requirements go into effect and employers in New York must post a copy of New York State Correction Law Article 23-A, Section 753 “Licensure and Employment ... [More]
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Tags: background screening, criminal background check | Categories: Background Screening | New Legislation
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has delayed until February 20 a requirement for government contractors to use the E-Verify system to check the eligibility of their employees to work in the United States. A new rule requiring federal contractors to use E-Verify – a free Web-based system that compares the names and Social Security numbers of newly hired employees against government databases – had been scheduled to go into effect January 15. The date was pushed back b... [More]
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Tags: e-verify, employment eligibility, employment eligibility verification | Categories: Employment Eligibility