A client recently requested that I help him explain to his boss why we wouldn't sell "an instant background check." Other resources on our website and blog (here and here) explain the problems with the database-driven background checks, but the reasoning behind our verification policy is worth reviewing.

We can add Mississippi to the list of states that now requires employers to use E-Verify, the federal government’s online system for checking the information provided on the Form I-9 to verify the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees.

Unemployment in Texas fell again in February, signaling increased competition for a shrinking workforce. At the same time, employers are facing increased scrutiny of their hiring practices by the federal government.

The Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration Control and Enforcement (ICE) division has begun increased monitoring and enforcement of employer compliance with immigrant work eligibility rules. Employers face harsher civil and criminal penalties for hiring undocumented workers.

Take a close look at this guy. Do you know him? Well, that's okay, neither do the law enforcement agencies that arrested him, courts that convicted him, or jails that incarcerated him.

He was first arrested and convicted in 1996 in Berkeley County, South Carolina for domestic violence and DWI. That is where the mugshot at left was taken.