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Uber Says It Will Begin To Accept Drivers In Connecticut With Minor Criminal Records
November 30, 2016 - Car-hailing service Uber Technologies is changing its screening requirements to allow some people with nonviolent criminal convictions to drive for the company in Connecticut. Uber's change in policy, which goes into effect early next year, will allow people with convictions for nonviolent misdemeanor offenses such as passing a bad check, resisting arrest, petty theft, prostitution, harassment and causing minor property damage to drive for the company. Previously, applicants with such records were automatically rejected if the offense occurred within the past seven years. Uber said it will continue to reject applicants who have felony convictions within the past seven years, as well as applicants with co...
Las Vegas gun shops want guidance on expanded background checks
November 28, 2016 - Las Vegas gun shops are looking for guidance after Nevada voters approved a ballot question extending firearm background check requirements. &n...
Criminal Background Checks: What's Legal for Employers?
November 25, 2016 - In the hiring process, many employers conduct reference and background checks to make sure they really know the person they're bringing into th...
Where background checks matter most
November 18, 2016 - Background screening is arguably one of the most essential steps in human resource management and staff recruitment today. They assist with improvi...
Maine vote on firearm background checks unsettled late Tuesday
November 17, 2016 - A fiercely fought effort in Maine to expand background checks on gun sales continued late into Tuesday. At 11:15 p.m., opponents of the ballot ques...
FBI says South Carolina serial killer bought guns without a background check
November 16, 2016 - The FBI says a South Carolina serial killer bought his stock of guns and ammunition without a background check. Don Wood, an agency...
Question 3 for expanded gun background checks fails
November 15, 2016 - Votes Vote % % No 392,701 52%...
Fix on way for Ohio's broken criminal-background check system
November 10, 2016 - The office of Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has awarded a $10.8 million contract to replace the state’s broken criminal background-check...
Background checks up in states voting on gun-related ballot measures
November 08, 2016 - Firearms background checks were up in four states the month before voters there will consider ballot initiatives that would set stricter standards...
Record Number of Gun Background Checks Before Election
November 08, 2016 - Government data show the number of people looking for gun permits is surging before Election Day — the 18th straight month of record numbers,...
Maine ACLU opposes online release of public records in case
November 04, 2016 - It was a bit of an unusual position for the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine: arguing to limit the full release of public court information....
New Background Check Requirements for California Transportation Network Companies
November 03, 2016 - Effective January 1, 2017, drivers participating with a Transportation Network Company (TNC) in California will be subject to mandatory criminal ba...
California ballot initiative goes further on bullet background checks
November 01, 2016 - A ballot initiative in California looks to go a step further on a bullet background check law already passed by the state’s legislature in Ma...
Background checking before investing should always be advised
October 31, 2016 - It may seem like common sense to know who you are investing your money with, but it is quite often how people do not conduct simple background chec...
New OPM Background Check Bureau Launches
October 28, 2016 - The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is launching its new background investigation service following a White House directive to address shortco...
DOJ Warns Landlords About Conducting Criminal Background Checks on Would-Be Renters
October 26, 2016 - As President Obama commutes the sentences of more and more prisoners, his Justice Department intends to make it harder for landlords to deny afford...
Alabama school system requires background check to visit your child during lunch
October 24, 2016 - This summer the Pelham Board of Education expanded its background check policy, required for school volunteers, to include parents and grandparents...
Not all background checks are created equal
October 21, 2016 - Most volunteer coaches have to pass a criminal background check in order to work with kids, but not all checks are equally comprehensive. Experts s...
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