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• 6th Circuit Decision May Affect Company Background Screening Policies

  July 07, 2014 - Recently the 6th Circuit shut down the EEOC's effort to overturn a lower court decision in regards to a lawsuit brought against Kaplan Higher Education Corporation, et al. (EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KAPLAN HIGHER EDUCATION CORPORATION, KAPLAN, INC., and IOWA COLLEGE ACQUISITION CORPORATION, d/b/a Kaplan University, Defendants-Appellees. No. 13-3408) http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/14a0071p-06.pdf At the core of the complaint is the alleged use of credit checks by Kaplan in background screening candidates for employment. Prior to the case Kaplan experienced fraudulent activity by individuals in financially responsible positions. Subsequently Kaplan required background checks to inclu...

• EEOC's Background Check Guidance Blasted By US Chamber

  July 02, 2014 - Commerce and several House Republicans chided the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity's regulation of employee background checks, saying the agen...

• How many nursing home job applicants fail background checks?

  June 27, 2014 - Screening applicants for U.S. nursing home jobs may weed out out many people who have been convicted of crimes such as theft, battery and rape....

• Court Approves Settlement in Background Checks Lawsuit

  June 27, 2014 - A New Jersey federal court has approved an $870,500 settlement between New Jersey-based New England Motor Freight and a group of 7,000 truck driver...

• Different Oklahoma Search Websites

  April 25, 2014 - To search for court records in Noble County's new online system: http://bit.ly/IKDFlK To search for records in the remaining 63 counties se...

• Caution Advisory: Tulsa Municipal Court

  April 24, 2014 - The Tulsa Municipal Court is a Court of Record, authorized under City Ordinance, with jurisdiction in the City of Tulsa. The Court is respon...

• Oklahoma Online Court Record Syatem Vexed

  April 23, 2014 - Oklahoma’s online court records system has 80 employees in its information technology department and nearly $30 million in the bank — a...

• New fees loom for online court searches in Sacramento County

  April 15, 2014 - Burdened by years of lean budgets, Sacramento Superior Court officials have decided to follow the lead of other court systems that charge the publi...

• Mississippi Counties That Are Online

  April 06, 2014 - These are the Mississippi counties that are online: Harrison, DeSoto, Madison, and Lafayette   by Steven Brownstein...

• Lee County, MS Records Going Online

  April 04, 2014 - Lee County, MS records Going Online Land records currently available only inside the Lee County Chancery Clerk's office may be assessable anywh...

• McLean Civil Court Records Available Online

  March 31, 2014 - Records in many civil court cases filed in McLean County are now available online. Hundreds of records in pending cases dating back to 2008 bec...

• More Cuyahoga Records Go Online

  March 28, 2014 -   Many county court records, previously only available at the downtown Justice Center will be online next month for the public to view. &n...

• Senate bill blocks background-check firms from reviewing own work

  March 27, 2014 - A new bill introduced in the Senate would prevent contractors who conduct background investigations for the government from reviewing and approv...

• Why Many Innocent People Plead Guilty To Crimes

  March 25, 2014 - “This isn’t surprising in one sense, because the vast majority of defendants who are convicted of felonies plead guilty instead of goin...

• 4 Screening Companies Resolve Alleged Criminal Activity

  March 24, 2014 - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced on that his office secured agreements with four background check agencies to resolve allegati...

• FBI balks at marijuana background checks

  March 21, 2014 - The FBI is refusing to run nationwide background checks on people applying to run legal marijuana businesses in Washington state, even though it ha...

• Harris County District Clerk's Office Offers Free Criminal Background Checks.

  March 18, 2014 - Harris County District Clerk’s Office Offers Free Criminal Background Checks. Anyone can perform a background check by going on the Distr...

• NC court says criminal database is public record

  March 13, 2014 - A three-judge panel says North Carolina's criminal records database is a public record and the court system must disclose it when requested, ev...