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The Pros and Cons of Social Media Background Checks
August 10, 2016 - While you may be tempted to check out a job candidate's social media presence before hiring, doing so might not be worth the risk. Depending on what you see and how you use it when deciding which candidate to hire, you could be subject to a lawsuit from someone who didn't get the job. Aliah Wright, a manager with the Society For Human Resource Management (SHRM) and author of "A Necessary Evil: Managing Employee Activity on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and the Hundreds of Other Social Media Sites" (Society for Human Resource Management 2013), said a lot of HR professionals are leery of learning things about candidates via social media, because of the potential legal risks. &quo...
NRA office will target Nevada gun background check measure
August 09, 2016 - The National Rifle Association is stepping up its fight against a Nevada ballot question that would create a universal background check for gun pur...
NYU Applicants Must Now Disclose 'Violent' Criminal Record, Not Entire Criminal Record
August 05, 2016 - Starting this month, New York University will no longer consider every criminal conviction on an applicant's record, regardless of severity, as...
$11M bid awarded to replace Ohio's background check system
August 03, 2016 - Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has awarded a nearly $11 million contract to a California-based company to replace the state's computerized c...
Expunging criminal records has some employers worried
August 01, 2016 - Gov. Nixon signed a bill into law earlier this month that would lessen barriers for law-abiding citizens with criminal records seeking employment....
A Judge Says Uber's Background Check of a Lawsuit Rival Is 'Arguably' Criminal
July 27, 2016 - A federal judge on Monday banned Uber and its CEO Travis Kalanick from using information obtained in a background check of a plaintiff bringing a p...
Background checks weed out bad teachers
July 25, 2016 - When a background check company conducted rechecks for an Indiana school with about 1,000 employees, more than 40 teachers had criminal histories,...
Ex-City Contractor Hired Without Criminal Background Check Charged in Theft
July 20, 2016 - A contractor who served two jail sentences before being hired by Newburyport, Massachusetts as the city’s parks manager without undergoing a...
6 states don't require background checks for nurses
July 18, 2016 - Nurses with convictions for crimes of violence, sexual offenses and drug thefts are able to evade detection in six states, which have far fewer pro...
Las Vegas Latin Chamber endorses gun background check measure
July 15, 2016 - Las Vegas' Latin Chamber of Commerce has become the first major Nevada business group to endorse a gun background check ballot measure. &nb...
Court orders release of Chicago police disciplinary records
July 13, 2016 - An Illinois appeals court on Friday vacated an injunction obtained by the Chicago police union that barred the city's release of disciplinary f...
Background check company bringing 150 jobs to Flowery Branch
July 11, 2016 - A new company opening an office in Flowery Branch plans to hire 50 people by October for its background check business — and another 100 peop...
Wisconsin among handful of states not requiring fingerprint criminal background checks for nurses
July 07, 2016 - Wisconsin is among just a handful of states that currently do not require a fingerprint criminal records check for nurses to be licensed, reports T...
Lax enforcement by state of background checks on child care workers, auditors find
July 05, 2016 - The State Department of Education hasn’t been doing enough to make sure Maryland child care workers have the required criminal background che...
Here’s why many Americans don’t clear their criminal records
July 04, 2016 - In analyzing criminal cases in Baltimore last year, Maryland lawyer and software programmer Matthew Stubenberg found 23,386 instances in which peop...
People on terrorist watch list still pass gun background check 91 percent of the time
July 01, 2016 - Being on the terrorist watch list may sound like it should be a roadblock when buying a weapon. You’re going to hand an assault rifle to some...
What Is The Hardest Aspect Of Pre-Employment Screening?
June 30, 2016 - What is the hardest aspect of pre-employment screening? In talking with a number of owners of small and medium-sized businesses it seems that the h...
Amendment would erase criminal record for sex-trafficking victims in Mass.
June 29, 2016 - Local nonprofit leaders are mobilizing to encourage legislators to pass an amendment that would give victims of sex trafficking — such as for...
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