We’ve all heard about the worker shortage due to people choosing to receive the government’s pandemic unemployment benefits rather than go back to work. There are “Help Wanted” signs everywhere. Especially hard hit are the restaurant, hospitality, and retail industries, but manufacturing, healthcare, technology, education, and other industries are also finding it hard to find […]
Summer is coming and lower pandemic numbers are opening up activities for youth to enjoy the season. Owners and managers of facilities that cater to youth are gearing up to hire staff. But how can you be sure that these potential employees are who they say they are? How can you be sure that children […]
With the introduction of the new COVID vaccine and COVID numbers going down, restrictions on businesses are lessening. Now is a good time to do a “spring cleaning” with regard to employee background screening: restaurants will be allowing more patrons, retail will be ready to do more business, and some businesses will be ready to […]
Let’s start the New Year right by taking a look at your employee background screening process. Many of you have been doing background checks on prospective employees. Kudos to you! But are you well-versed in the laws that deal with background checks? Federal laws that state those things that employers can and cannot do? These […]
2020 certainly has been quite a year—what with COVID, the presidential election, and crazy weather. But 2021 promises to be much better with hopes for a return to normalcy, especially with a COVID vaccine becoming available. Enjoy the holidays in small gatherings with your loved ones and wear your mask when outside the home. May […]
More than ever before, employees are working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This trend may even continue beyond COVID, no one knows for sure, as many employees like it and employers are seeing it as a way to save on overhead costs. Remote workers present many new challenges with regard to security. In […]
All business owners and managers realize the importance of having an efficient cybersecurity program in place to protect company data as well as the private data of their customers/clients. Cybersecurity protects digital data on computer networks and devices from unauthorized access, attack, and destruction. Workers in this field plan and carry out security measures to protect a company’s computer […]
What are the latest trends and topics with regard to employee background checks? According to an article in HR Daily Advisor, “Top Background Screening Trends in 2020,” there are six hot topics. 1) Social Media Background Screening 2) Continuous Background Checks 3) Screening Gig Workers 4) Salary History Bans 5) Opposing Perspectives on Criminal Background […]
PLEASE NOTE: The Hire Authority is conducting business throughout the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) crisis. Our internal office is staffed with both owners and essential personnel and we also have remote staff workers, so our product (employment screening background checks) will continue without interruption. — Phil Sharkey, PBSA, LPDAM, The Hire Authority, Inc. (508) 230-5901 psharkey@hireauth.com / www.hireauth.com Now that things are getting somewhat […]