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• New London eliminates criminal background question on job application

  October 01, 2015 - An apparent nationwide movement to eliminate a section in municipal job applications that asks about prior criminal history has been approved in New London.   On Monday, the personnel board of the city voted to eliminate the “check” box, saying the action mirrors a national civil rights movement preventing a “taint” in the hiring process.   While some said the move by Mayor Daryl Justin Finizio is just pre-mayoral primary politics, others said criminal checks will still be done.   "This is an issue that affects a lot of our residents who maybe have a small criminal conviction from many years ago that they've long since moved beyond,” Finizio said. “They n...

• Background checks holding up Uber, Lyft deals with Sky Harbor

  September 30, 2015 - Airport officials are in negotiations with two popular ride-sharing services - Uber and Lyft.   The deal could pave the way for all of...

• Why checking a potential employee's background is legally tricky

  September 24, 2015 - Vester Lee Flanagan II, the man who authorities say shot and killed two journalists in Southwest Virginia during a live television broadcast Wednes...

• Background checks increasingly common for jobs, housing, volunteering

  September 22, 2015 - Field trips are a highlight for many elementary school students.   Expeditions to museums, farms and the state capitol give the opport...

• Dauphin County may ban asking about criminal backgrounds in some hiring

  September 17, 2015 - Dauphin County could become the second county in the state to eliminate a question about prior criminal convictions on some county job applications...

• Uber Missed Criminal Records of Drivers, Prosecutors Assert

  September 16, 2015 - For more than a year, regulators in various cities have questioned whether Uber, the ride-hailing service, vets its drivers for criminal background...

• State appellate court considers employer's duty to conduct criminal background checks

  September 14, 2015 - In the last few years, there has been a significant spike in the number of lawsuits challenging employer use of criminal background checks, includi...

• Background checks taking longer than expected in Tehama Co.

  August 27, 2015 - In early July, the Tehama County Superior Courthouse computer system crashed.     According to the courthouse, the computer syste...

• Uber's Background Checks Failed To Catch A Murderer And Other Felons, Prosecutors Say

  August 25, 2015 - Prosecutors from San Francisco and Los Angeles continue to say that ride-hailing service Uber misleads its riders on the rigor of its background ch...

• Background-Check System in Ohio Seen as Failing

  August 20, 2015 - More than 100 school employees and others arrested or convicted of crimes may have remained on the job because of a long-undetected failure in Ohio...

• Durham explains hiring, background check procedures ahead of school year

  August 14, 2015 - In five days, Durham School Services buses will start picking up Shelby County Schools students for the new school year.   WREG asked...

• Oregon's new background check gun law begins Sunday

  August 13, 2015 - A change to Oregon's gun laws goes into effect Sunday, which will require universal background checks for all gun sales - even private ones....

• New Delaware law streamlines background check requirements

  August 12, 2015 - Gov. Jack Markell is signing legislation to consolidate regulations for background checks for people working with children in Delaware.  ...

• Cabbies with criminal records can continue driving, depending on the crime

  August 10, 2015 - Former cab driver Mahad Abdinoor Abdi reportedly threatened to chop off the heads of police officers in June.  That`s according to police repo...

• 4 Uber drivers cited at LAX have serious criminal records

  August 06, 2015 - Aleast four men who were ticketed by Los Angeles International Airport Police while driving for Uber’s low-cost car service have criminal con...

• FBI Short Of Cyber Experts Due To Low Pay And Rigorous Background Checks

  August 05, 2015 - =The U.S. Department of Justice recently released a report showing that cyber-attacks on businesses and government agencies have grown for the past...

• Cabbies with criminal records can continue driving, depending on the crime

  August 03, 2015 - Former cab driver Mahad Abdinoor Abdi reportedly threatened to chop off the heads of police officers in June.  That`s according to police repo...

• Criminal Records Haunt Hiring Initiative

  July 29, 2015 - Louie Henry lost a sales-management position at a medical-technology company after one day on the job, when a background check revealed his 2001 co...