December 01, 2011 - Convicts, including those found guilty of assault and drink-driving offences, will soon be able to airbrush their criminal record when applying for jobs under new Government plans. Justice Minister Alan Shatter plans to publish a bill shortly to allow former offenders to legally withhold details of their criminal past to prospective employers. Mr Shatter has denied the bill allows convicts to wipe their record clean. The Spent Convictions Bill is at an advanced stage of drafting, with only finer details left to be finalised. The bill is included in the Government's legislative programme and is due to be published before the end of this Dail term or early 2012. At present, criminals under the age of 18 who are brought befo...
December 01, 2011 - A Canberra woman was plunged into a ''Kafka-esque'' nightmare of unemployment, anxiety and paranoia after ACT Policing wrongly bran...
December 01, 2011 - Sellers of so-called "legal highs" can create and market new drugs so quickly that it will become difficult for authorities to keep on to...
December 01, 2011 - We all remember those words which was one of the greatest marketing efforts of all time.: "Is it real or is it Memorex?" In...
November 01, 2011 - Wrangling for the juicy P76-million (US $1.75 million) earmarked for the National Bureau of Investigation's clearing services is done, and NBI...
November 01, 2011 - Setting The (Criminal) Record Straight In Canada A discharge by a court doesn’t do away with the documentation. Here’s why by Mik...
November 01, 2011 - The head of a Winnipeg non-profit agency says Canadians are being put at risk because a new system has resulted in long delays getting background c...
November 01, 2011 - Would-be flight attendants in South Korea have accused Indonesia's national airline of making them strip nearly naked and have their breasts ha...
November 01, 2011 - by Rebecca Smith In May, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a controversial Arizona law that requires employers to check the immigration status of n...
November 01, 2011 - Licensing associate private investigators around the world is available according to The Background Investigator The Background Investigator sa...
November 01, 2011 - Ten years ago, the European Commission agreed to recognize the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) “safe harbor” principles, and that ann...
November 01, 2011 - Every day, Straightline International's court runners visit the Ontario court house. Straightline International, is the only U.S. based com...
November 01, 2011 - Shrinkage cost retailers around the world more than $119 billion over the past year, or 1.45 percent of their sales, according to the Centre for Re...
November 01, 2011 - You're safer using Straightline International's Provincial Wide Quebec Court search. Although background checks on school employees hav...
October 01, 2011 - Another weekend behind bars loomed for bikie boss Felix Lyle as he struggled to find someone without a criminal record to put up the $20,000...
October 01, 2011 - Two years after an Australian lawyer caused a stir by sending a foreclosure notice via Facebook, the practice of online legal service is spreading...
October 01, 2011 - The Philippines is one of the world's largest exporters of health workers, making this one of the country's most important exports. Kno...
October 01, 2011 - A senior Iranian military official says the UK is more violent than the US, stressing that the British monarchy is one of the oldest imperialist co...
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