September 2024 Newsletter

Don’t Tell Me I Can’t

I am excited to launch my book: Don’t Tell Me I Can’t, The Journey From Farm Girl to CEO. The book will launch September 9th, 2024, on Amazon and I can’t wait to share it with the world. My entrepreneurial journey these past few decades has been an incredible experience. Like all journeys, there have been good and bad times but failure was never an option. An amazing aspect of our country is that you can be a farm girl, an immigrant, a waitress, the daughter of a Fortune 500 CEO, or from any background and still get a shot at going after your dreams.

This book is my story, the good, the bad, the ugly, and the beautiful. I’m looking forward to sharing it with you. More to come soon!

Stay safe and healthy,
Sandra James

Los Angeles County Fair Chance Initiative Hiring Ordinance

The Los Angeles County Fair Chance Initiative Hiring Ordinance related to pre-hire employment screening goes into effect 9/3/2024 for employees who will be working within Los Angeles County city limits.

Private Eyes has vetted their processes to ensure compliance with this ordinance.

• We continue to screen all criminal records to meet reportability restrictions based on all state, federal, county and Los Angeles FCIHO requirements.
• When an applicant fills out their application through our platform’s invitation link process, the applicant is supplied with all state, federal, county, and city required forms and notices.
• Our platform’s adverse action process meets all state, federal, county, city and LA FCIHO requirements.

All other requirements in this ordinance are the responsibility of the employer. (please utilize the link below to access important tools to ensure compliance)

https://bca.lacity.gov/fair-chance

• LA Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance for Private Employers
• LA FCIHO Notice to Applicants & Employees
• Individual Assessment and Reassessment Form

Please feel free to contact our compliance department at 925-927-3333 x1027 if you have any questions.

We are always happy to do training on how to utilize the Pre/Post-Adverse process available at no cost through our platform.

Should you be checking the social media accounts of your candidates?

I tackled this question today on video because I think it’s easier to discuss it that way versus writing about my reply. All of us are doing background checks, but rarely do we find anything on those. We have the potential to catch way more misconduct issues on social media.

Watch the video

Is Illinois’ GIPA the Next BIPA?

Perhaps in response to recent success pursuing claims under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), the plaintiffs’ bar is now also pursuing class actions against employers under another unique Illinois privacy law that provides a private right of action and statutory damages—Illinois’ Genetic Information Privacy Act
(GIPA).

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