Background Check

Background Check

December 20, 2021

A person’s name holds the key to their past. It helps companies or lenders connect the dots between where an individual has worked and their academic experience, as well as financial risk, criminal misgivings, and more. Companies run background checks to ensure that you are who you say you are when interviewing for a job, lenders run background checks to verify you’re trustworthy of a loan or significant responsibility, and both leverage them to verify you’re staying out of trouble.

Background Check

October 12, 2021

A California Court of Appeal has issued a ruling that has resulted in California courts prohibiting the use of dates of birth, driver license numbers, and other identifiers to filter online search results. By redacting date of births from the California court system’s terminal, it makes it more difficult to perform background checks. Employers who have implemented background checks for their workplaces need to be aware of these changes and the impact they have on their policies. This impacts employers regardless if their business is located in the state of California, because applicants who previously lived in California will be restricted by this new requirement.

Background Check

September 22, 2021

The Social Security Administration has updated their Consent Based Social Security Number Verification (CBSV) form (SSA-89) from the 2018 version to the 2020 version. The deadline to transition to the new forms is September 30, 2021. DISA Global solutions wants to ensure employers meet the deadline to maintain compliance and keep business running smoothly. After September 30, 2021, no one will be allowed to accept the 2018 version of the CBSV form, so it’s imperative to take action now to reduce any disruption in service.

Background Check

March 11, 2021

DISA Financial Investigative Services (FIS) leverages decades of experience to achieve two key elements of successful investigative due diligence: access and accuracy. The COVID-19 pandemic has presented new and unique challenges to all sectors of the business community, and our industry is no exception, particularly as it pertains to public record research. While our research is expanded and supplemented by database resources, nationwide, direct, real-time courthouse research has always been the core of our research methodology to obtain the most comprehensive and up-to-date information possible.

Background Check

July 30, 2020

Governor Ralph Northam signed House Bill 972 on May 21, 2020, making Virginia the 27th state to decriminalize marijuana. The new law took effect July 1, reducing the penalty of a person caught with an ounce or less of marijuana to a $25 civil fine. Each year, new laws and changes to existing laws continue to occur, making it difficult for employers to keep up. With ever-growing changes, it’s vital that employers remain in-the-loop to maintain policies that abide by laws, while also keeping the workplace safe.

Background Check

February 21, 2020

Each year brings new laws, changes to existing laws, and regulations that can affect employers and their background check programs and procedures. At the start of 2020, we’re already seeing a number of new ban the box laws for some cities and states, including San Francisco, California, Waterloo, Iowa, and Grand Rapids, Michigan, as well as a statewide ban for Maryland. Regardless if your state and/or city is included in this year’s updates, employers should always stay alert and aware of what their state’s laws are to maintain compliance when conducting background checks on their applicants or employees.

Background Check

January 29, 2020

On November 18, 2019, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced in a press release that they settled a race discrimination lawsuit with a nationwide retailer which challenged the employer’s use of criminal history for employment purposes. The hiring process can vary by the employer and industry, that’s why it’s vital that employers determine what is needed for their background check program.