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Mike Coffey, who founded Imperative in 1999, has assembled a strong team of professionals with backgrounds in human resources, criminal justice, information technology, and a variety of other disciplines. The Imperative team is committed to our clients' success.
In an industry dominated by giant data brokers promoting instant background checks, Mike's obsession with thorough, straightforward reports has made Imperative Information Group a true exception. Rather than present our clients with detailed disclaimers regarding accuracy and/or reliability, we provide consistent reports with exacting quality.
Constable Faces Federal Charges for Selling FBI Background Checks
Harris County, Texas Constable Jack Abercia and two of his staff were arrested last week and face federal criminal charges for selling FBI-collected criminal records to private employers. In the federal indictment unsealed last Friday, prosecutors allege that the defendants sold their access to the FBI’s National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database to run criminal ...
Social Media in the Workplace
In the latest of my interviews with employment-law experts to promote the Austin Human Resource Management Association’s Legal and Regulatory Roundtable, I interviewed Allison Bowers about social media issues in the workplace. We discussed the NLRB’s recent actions concerning employer monitoring of employee’s social media activities as well as whether or not supervisors should “friend” ...
With Friends Like These, Who Needs Enemies?
This post may be ill-fitted to this season of brotherly love. If upon reading it, you find it too strong, well, you should have seen the first version! The Associated Press published a story this weekend about the errors common in the databases used in employment-related criminal background checks. It details the travails of a number ...
Podcast: Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow
In our latest Legal & Regulatory Podcast with the Austin Human Resource Management Association, I interview Connie Cornell, an Austin employment law attorney, about terminations and unemployment compensation. Connie is a founding partner of Cornell Smith & Mierl, LLP, an Austin based labor and employment law firm representing employers. Ms. Cornell is Board Certified in ...
from BadHireDays.com
- Video: Sears sends felon and stalker into woman’s home November 7, 2011Jason Meinke was employed by a Sears contractor and sent into homes to clean ducts despite his criminal history that included misdemeanor and felony convictions, including a felony aggravated stalking conviction. When he was sent to clean Carrie Smith’s air ducts, she says her nightmare started, as reported by Scott Lewis of Detroit ABC affiliate WXYZ […]
- Fake Degree Precedes $1 Million Fraud September 25, 2011Not all bad hire days start with previously-convicted dishonest job seekers. Morgan County, Utah apparently thought they were hiring a qualified public administration expert when they hired Garth Day as their council administrator. According to the Standard-Examiner, Day’s 2008 resume reflected that he had a Bachelor of Science degree in political science/pu […]
- Bad Background Check and Lax Credit Card and Expense Account Controls Lead to Embezzlement September 10, 2011In my presentations to SHRM chapters, churches and non-profits, and basically anyone who needs a good nap after lunch, I regularly warn that even great background checks typically only catch the low-hanging fruit (those whose past offenses have been discovered by employers or law enforcement) and it is important to to have all of your […]
- Two Employers, Two Victims, Two Convictions for Computer “Guru” August 29, 2011Stephen Robertson, a self-described computer “guru”, could be the poster boy for Bad Hire Days. Robertson worked for Corgan Associates, a Dallas architecture and interior design firm, and was terminated on December 18, 1998 for “theft, dishonesty, and misuse of the company’s computer system to hack into other companies’ computers,” according to documents fil […]
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