December 01, 2010 - Nearly one in five Canadians (19%) would exaggerate previous responsibilities in order to land a job, according to a poll released by ADP Canada Co. (ADP Canada). The ADP BackCheck poll also revealed that Canadian employers are not always diligent in screening or conducting background checks of prospective candidates. Nearly six in 10 of those surveyed (59%) said they had obtained a job without the employer checking references. Additionally, poll findings reveal that a large majority (84%) would feel frustrated if they knew someone had been promoted or hired at their workplace because they had lied on their résumé. When faced with this knowledge, colleagues are on the fence about what to do: nearly half (49%...
December 01, 2010 - Staff vetting in the health and social care sectors ran up costs of almost £70 million last year, figures have shown. Campaigners claimed...
December 01, 2010 - In a continuing series, The Background Investigator, sends its attorneys to various countries around the world to explore the justice systems and b...
December 01, 2010 - The EEOC held a public Commission meeting on Wednesday, October 20 to hear testimony from representatives of various groups, social scientists, and...
December 01, 2010 - The pace of real estate transactions in Orleans Parish (New Orleans) has slowed to a crawl because of a computer glitch in the Civil District Court...
December 01, 2010 - A record number of minors have been accused of crimes or otherwise caught up in criminal activity in Turkey over the past year and a half, a recent...
November 01, 2010 - In a continuing series, The Background Investigator, is sending its attorneys to various countries around the world to explore the justice systems...
November 01, 2010 - When Kate Jarencio applied for a police check in July, she was told it would take eight to 10 weeks. But now, at the beginning of November, there&r...
December 31, 1969 - Although child sex crimes were committed less frequently in Korea than other major countries, the growth rate here had been higher in recent years,...
December 31, 1969 - The personal information of child sex offenders has become available online, according to government officials. The Ministry of Gender Equality...
December 31, 1969 - Chris Wittwer, Britain's 'Facebook Vigilante' has created a Facebook database of nearly 6,000 registered sex offenders. Wittwer, 34...
December 31, 1969 - One joke in India is you can find a criminal record on any politician but you can not find one on an job applicant or employee. Why's that?...
December 31, 1969 - Not content with requiring three different bills with an address, a passport, driving licence, birth certificate, marriage certificate, a letter fr...
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