ESR News Blog Employment Screening Resources (ESR) is a Service Offering of ClearStar Written by ClearStarIndustry Insights, Tenant Screening RentTango, an innovative real estate software company, has announced it is now working with ClearStar to streamline the tenant screening portion of the leasing process on the RentTango rental property marketing and leasing platform. By working together, RentTango leverages ClearStar’s pioneering experience in screening technologies with a vision for future platform enhancements that mitigate risk and modernize the process. “Enabling our RentTango platfor ..read more

ESR News Blog Happy Holidays from Employment Screening Resources (ESR) – A Service Offering of ClearStar Written by ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn in the spirit of the holiday season. The Christmas holiday is when children worldwide await the arrival of Santa Claus and the presents he brings. But what do we really know about this celebrated figure? Employment Screening Resources (ESR) – a service offering of ClearStar – conducted a background check on Santa and uncovered the following information. Appearance: Santa Claus is described by most people who encounter him as a “fat and jolly” m ..read more

ESR News Blog Employment Screening Resources (ESR) is a Service Offering of ClearStar Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn An “11th-hour attempt” by the “lame duck” New York City (NYC) Council to pass a “controversial” bill, Proposed Int. No. 2047-A, that would prevent landlords from conducting criminal background checks on potential tenants has left landlord groups “in an uproar,” according to a news report from CBS Channel 2 in New York, New York. CBS Channel 2’s Marcia Kramer reported that the bill “would affect an estimated 2.6 million tenants of coops, condos, and rent-stabilized ..read more

ESR News Blog Employment Screening Resources (ESR) is a Service Offering of ClearStar Written By ClearStar ClearStar, Inc. (“ClearStar”), a leading provider of Human Capital Integrity℠ technology-based services, specializing in background and medical screening, is pleased to announce it has acquired Employment Screening Resources (ESR), a highly respected background screening firm. This transaction is ClearStar’s second acquisition in the past 120 days and is part of an ongoing growth strategy geared towards acquiring and integrating best-in-class capabilities to deliver high-quality, cutting ..read more

ESR News Blog Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn In November of 2021, a performance audit report issued by the Louisiana Legislative Auditor for the Louisiana Licensed Professional Counselors Board of Examiners (LPCBE) revealed that 3,627 out of 5,223 current licensed professional counselors in the state – nearly 70 percent – had not received background checks as of June 2021. “Although state law granted LPCBE the authority to conduct background checks on initial and renewing applicants in January 2014, LPCBE did not start conducting background checks on initial applicants until fi ..read more

ESR News Blog Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On November 3, 2021, the Michigan House of Representatives passed House Bill 5368 (HB 5368) to prohibit the redaction of dates of birth (DOBs) from public records so background check firms may continue to report criminal records to employers and property managers. The bill now advances to the Michigan Senate for consideration. “Millions of background checks are performed each year in Michigan by job providers and landlords who are looking out for the safety of their customers, residents, and the general public,” Michigan State Repres ..read more

ESR News Blog Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On November 12, 2021, Florida State Senator Linda Stewart (D-Orlando) filed Senate Bill 898 (SB 898) – also known as “Miya’s Law” – to improve tenant safety in apartments by requiring landlords to conduct background checks on all apartment building employees, according to a press release from the Florida Senate website. “Miya’s Law” is inspired by and named for Miya Marcano, a 19-year-old college student who was tragically killed at her apartment in September of 2021. Police believe Miya’s killer was a maintenance worker with a crimi ..read more

ESR News Blog Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Lyft – a popular transportation network company (TNC) in the United States – received more than 4,000 reports of sexual assaults on its ride-sharing service from 2017 to 2019, according to a Community Safety Report released by the company that detailed the frequency of some of the most serious safety incidents reported. Based on feedback from riders and drivers, the report found sexual assault reports received by Lyft increased in each of the three years, from 1,096 incidents in 2017 to 1,255 incidents in 2018 and 1,807 incidents in ..read more

ESR News Blog Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The New Orleans, Louisiana (NOLA) Public Schools district has claimed that the operator of a charter school allegedly rehired an employee who previously failed a background check months after an investigation of the same school supposedly found forged employee background checks, according to a report from The Lens. “In March, the district cracked down on the school after discovering falsified background checks – or none at all – for some employees, including one that state law prohibited from being employed at a school due to a past ..read more

ESR News Blog Employment Screening Resources® (ESR) Founder and CEO Attorney Lester Rosen Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Attorney Lester Rosen, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of San Francisco Bay area background check firm Employment Screening Resources® (ESR), will present a webinar about “Background Checks & Hiring” sponsored by the San Francisco Employer Advisory Council (SF EAC) on Thursday, November 4, 2021. “Just one bad hire can result in a legal and financial nightmare. Without background checks, employers may hire workers with unsuitable criminal records ..read more