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TTC says it could take up to three years to implement random drug, alcohol testing
April 07, 2015 - More than three years after the TTC board approved random drug and alcohol testing for its employees, the program is on hold pending the outcome of arbitration with the TTC’s largest union. The TTC says it will likely be another two or three years before an arbitrator rules on the practice, which the union argues is invasive, costly and ineffective. Random testing was approved by the TTC board in 2011 as an add-on to an already existing “fitness for duty” policy that introduced some drug testing in 2010. But it was confined to pre-employment screening and employee testing where there was “reasonable cause” or following an incident. The idea of random testing came...
Criminal record checks banned on foreign murderers and rapists who want to be minicab drivers
April 06, 2015 - Asylum seekers and refugees applying to be minicab drivers are exempt from criminal records checks, potentially allowing murderers and rapists to g...
FMCSA Adds data to pre-employment screening program for drivers
April 03, 2015 - The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced that its Pre-Employment Screening Program (PSP) now offers additional data on co-driver s...
York Regional Police offer background check applications online
April 01, 2015 - You will soon be able to request police background checks online. York Regional Police has just announced that as of April 1, citize...
Bill requiring dentists to pass background check moves through legislature
April 01, 2015 - Bill requiring dentists to pass background check moves through legislature after ABC15 investigations. A new bill that would require...
Border warning on foreign criminals
March 27, 2015 - MPs say British police are being hampered in identifying and arresting foreign criminals because they are not being given up-to-date information....
What kind of background checks do Uber drivers have to undergo?
March 25, 2015 - Ride sharing company Uber meets with civic politicians in Burnaby today after the city asked the company to outline how it would potentially do bus...
Police service to speed up criminal records searches
March 24, 2015 - The city police force is moving ahead with trying to speed up the process to get a background check. The Thunder Bay Police Service...
ICE Arrests 40 illegal aliens with criminal records
March 19, 2015 - The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enfocement unit, known as ICE has announced the results of a nationwide round up of illegal aliens with criminal r...
Police say Copenhagen gunman had criminal record, gang past
March 18, 2015 - The slain gunman suspected in the deadly Copenhagen attacks was a 22-year-old with a history of violence and may have been inspired by Islamic terr...
MHA conducting background check of new owner of SpiceJet
March 12, 2015 - Security agencies are conducting a background checking of new owner of SpiceJet, Ajay Singh, after he infused a fund of Rs 500 crore in the beleagu...
Immigrants with criminal records prompts concern
March 05, 2015 - Quiet neighborhoods sit just feet from the border fence in Hidalgo. With barely 11,000 residents, the town still feels tiny. Residen...
44 of 70 Delhi MLAs crorepatis, 23 AAP MLAs have criminal records.
March 04, 2015 - Delhi saw history being created when Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal led Bharatiya Janata party won a massive mandate in the assembly polls...
Regulations automatically removing criminal record for Ganja
March 04, 2015 - Regulations guaranteeing automatic removal of an offender’s criminal record for convictions relating to the smoking or possession of small qu...
Chris Brown denied entry to Canada due to criminal record
February 27, 2015 - Chris Brown tweeted Tuesday that he's been denied entry into Canada and that his concerts in Montreal and Toronto have been canceled. ...
Background checks proposed for Alaska psychologists
February 27, 2015 - Alaska psychologists could be required to undergo a background check under a proposed change to the licensing process. The Senate La...
Call to wipe criminal records of 18-35 year olds
February 26, 2015 - In a statement, the movement "pleaded" with the state and the Department of Justice to consider removing the names of "young people...
Digitized record of arms licences soon in India
February 25, 2015 - Chhattisgarh government has initiated digitization of records of arms licences under the National Database of Arms Licence (NDAL) to curb illegal a...
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