Defendant Hansen & Adkins is a motor carrier licensed by the DOT that transports cars via car carriers hauled by commercial trucks. Hansen & Adkins employs truck drivers and support staff who are subjected to employment background investigations. The defendant’s disclosure and authorization forms included a release of liability, notices, waivers, and agreements. The plaintiff argues the defendant violated the FCRA by including the disclosure with other materials.

Reality is that the NYS OCA may not be giving you all the criminal record information you should get because the same person can have multiple convictions under different variations of their name, and thus, NYS OCA applies the misdemeanor redemption policy to each name and date of birth variation.

As a new year and decade loom, two states are implementing salary history bans - New York and New Jersey. As efforts to achieve pay equity are undertaken states are passing salary history ban legislation.

Background investigations and compliance seem to embody some "curious paradoxes." Legal experts and industry presenters at the PBSA (Professional Background Screening Association) iterated one such paradox throughout the organization’s 2019 annual conference, by consistently echoing the two opposing mantras "Avoid litigation, and Automate" and "Human intervention is key to avoid litigation." Well, which is it?

As the owner of Commercial Investigations LLC, which is approaching its 15 year anniversary, Michelle Pyan had the pleasure of sitting down to talk with Justin Gordon of Just Go Grind. With many passions and a wealth of knowledge, our fearless leader talks about networking, compliance, newsletters, music, and much more.

The Work Number is requiring that CI, and other members in the industry, search using the subject's social security number when an employer processes employment verifications through The Work Number. This may result in many employment verification results, and hopefully, the one you are requesting.

The team at CI offers you an integrated, electronic I-9 and E-Verify solution, to better prepare you for an audit.

It’s been several months since the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT's) revised drug-testing panel parameters went into effect, but since several clients have asked about it, we thought it would be worth another peek at the changes.

We caught up with Lead Investigator and coffee fanatic, Derek Masterson, and learned some great stuff about his day to day life at Commercial Investigations!

August 27, 2018 Florida SHRM Conference

Michelle Pyan will be presenting at 10:30am

"Now You See It - A Peek Behind the Scenes of Background Investigations"

Commercial Investigations LLC participated in the inaugural CI Olympics last Thursday. Each team battled for the CI Olympic Cup and bragging rights.

We are pleased to introduce Tammy Cousins, one of our Investigator Trainees. Tammy has been with Commercial Investigations LLC for eight months. Tammy enjoys learning new things.

Commercial Investigations LLC presents one of our Lead Investigators and Trainer, Yvette Austin. Yvette has been with Commercial Investigations for over three years and is a wonderful asset to our team! Yvette trains and teaches all our new hires about verifications, customer service, and phone etiquette.

During National Volunteer Week we would like to thank all the volunteers who assist organizations with achieving their goals! Also, we extend a big thank you to all of our non profit clients who have partnered with us to do background investigations on their volunteers. We appreciate you!

A full 89 percent of employers stated they conduct background investigations to protect employees, customers, and others. Improving the quality of hires was the second most popular reason, protecting company reputation was third, and law/regulation requirements fourth.

When she's not here inspiring us with her upbeat personally and stellar performance, she can be found spending time with her two dogs. She says her dog Marley is so funny. He makes her hold his paw and won’t stop until her arm gets tired.

Kayla has been with Commercial Investigations for about seven months. In her time here so far, she has enjoyed being able to apply her degree, especially while working on criminal inquiries. Kayla is an outdoor enthusiast that enjoys playing basketball and kayaking at her family’s lake house.

Background Investigations: Hiring the wrong candidates? Not with Commercial Investigations LLC!