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Reminder for NYC employers: ban on criminal background checks takes effect today
November 17, 2015 - Less than two months after the effective date of a new law barring employers’ use of credit checks, another new law restricting the pre-employment process takes effect in New York City today, October 27, 2015 (the Fair Chance Act or the Act). As we previously reported here, the Act prohibits employers from inquiring about a job applicant’s pending arrest or criminal conviction record before a conditional offer of employment is extended. The term “inquiry,” as defined in the Fair Chance Act, includes questions posed to the job applicant him/herself, as well as pre-offer searches of public records and certain consumer reports. In addition, for employers that intend to take an adverse employment action...
Study Finds States With Background Checks Have Fewer Mass Shootings
November 16, 2015 - States that require background checks for all handgun sales have significantly fewer mass shootings than states without them, according to a new an...
Jump in FBI Gun Background Checks Indicates Rising Gun Sales
November 12, 2015 - Statistics for NICS firearm background checks reported by the FBI on its website indicate that the system initiated 1,795,102 such checks in Septem...
Uber: Drivers who failed its background check have had Austin-issued licenses
November 05, 2015 - Fifty-three drivers who failed background checks to become Uber drivers have been issued chauffeur’s licenses by the City of Austin, accordin...
Criminal background checks often inaccurate: Ohio
November 03, 2015 - Guest columnist Shantell George is a member of the Libertarian Party of Ohio. She is a lifelong resident of Northeast Ohio. She is married with thr...
Getting a Job with a Criminal Record
October 30, 2015 - Dozens of people in Peoria will get a chance at a better future. The community resource center, MeTec, hosted an expungement and sea...
Just How Many People Get Guns Without a Background Check?
October 29, 2015 - Fast-Tracked Research Is Set to Provide an Answer: Even with an estimated 300 million firearms in civilian hands, research on guns a...
Statewide, police applicants failing background checks
October 27, 2015 - For Oregon's police agencies and correctional facilities, finding new officers is becoming increasingly difficult. Scores of applicants are fai...
US police chiefs call for universal gun background checks
October 26, 2015 - The nation's police chiefs are calling for universal background checks for anyone trying to purchase a firearm, saying opinion polls consistent...
Checkr Is Raising $30M+ For Its Background Checking API, Y Combinator Investing
October 23, 2015 - As on-demand businesses like Uber and Instacart grow quickly, so too do the B2B startups that service their wider ecosystem. In the latest developm...
Top California official pushes ammo background checks
October 22, 2015 - Gun control advocates are launching a new regulatory push in California to impose first-in-the-nation instant background checks for ammunition sale...
Exclude criminal records from job applications, companies urged
October 21, 2015 - A little box can be a daunting thing. For many of the 10 million people with a criminal conviction, job application forms are cause for despair....
Austin City Council calls for fingerprint checks, fees for Uber, Lyft
October 19, 2015 - The Austin City Council, after a two-hour discussion about the efficacy of various types of background checks, overwhelmingly passed a resolution T...
FBI No Longer Checks Its Records for 'Nonserious' Crimes
October 16, 2015 - The Federal Bureau of Investigation said it has stopped vetting arrest records it receives from states to determine whether they are serious enough...
Oregon expunging pot records in light of legalization
October 14, 2015 - As of July 1, marijuana has been legal for recreational use in the state of Oregon. As reported by The New York Times Monday, it was not the first...
Peters, Brady Campaign want background checks
October 12, 2015 - After two deadly shootings in as many weeks on college campuses, the local chapter of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, Rep. Scott Peters...
Uber Driver Arrested Debate Over Background Checks Continue
October 09, 2015 - The city (Austin, TX) is set to talk about more background checks in October as an Uber driver was arrested in Pflugerville. 55 year old Michael Ol...
Background checks required for youth sports coaches in Republic
October 08, 2015 - The Republic Parks and Recreation Department (Springfield, Missouri) has made a major change in who they will and will not let coach youth sports....
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