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Texas Sues EEOC over Guidance for Criminal Background Checks
November 22, 2013 - The State of Texas has filed suit against the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) over Guidance for use of criminal records of job applicants by employers for criminal background checks that may exclude convicted felons from employment. The Dallas Business Journal reports Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott filed suit against the EEOC saying the state’s hiring guidelines limit employers from excluding convicted felons from employment to ensure that they do no hold positions of public trust. On April 25, 2012, the EEOC – the agency that enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination – approved an updated ‘Enforcement Guidance on the Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Records in Emp...
They Loved Your G.P.A. Then They Saw Your Tweets
November 20, 2013 - At Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Me., admissions officers are still talking about the high school senior who attended a campus information session...
Weak Global Economy Contributed To $112 Billion Loss From Retail Theft
November 20, 2013 - According to the Global Retail Theft Barometer released on Nov. 12, the retail industry lost more than $112 billion worldwide last year due in part...
Personal Devices Pose Biggest Threat To Corporate Security
November 19, 2013 - Security software provider, Check Point, has found that 93 percent of US and UK companies use mobile devices to connect to corporate networks, whil...
7 Surprising Things That Could Make You A Sex Offender
November 12, 2013 - It's hard to imagine that a sex offender registry — a public database run by states — would include anybody who wasn't an adult...
Viewpoint: Tax maps and public records (Ohio)
November 11, 2013 - County engineers don’t often get much attention, but they perform some vital functions. In Scioto County, one of those functions – the...
Bad idea for Target not to ask for criminal history
November 07, 2013 - An article on the Huffington Post published on Oct. 29 stated Target was planning to dismiss criminal background questions in job applications....
Hair testing and Drug Use
November 06, 2013 - Men pay to make it grow. Women spend lavishly to dye, cut and coordinate it with their wardrobe. But these days, hair isn't just a key acce...
KPMG Report: Despite Regulatory Scrutiny, Companies Often Miss Risks Posed By Individuals And Busine
November 05, 2013 - Five years after the global financial crisis, businesses are struggling to manage the mounting risks posed by ever increasing regulatory requiremen...
Asheville, Buncombe NC crime databases offer access to public records
November 04, 2013 - Two relatively new online databases, from the Asheville Police Department and Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office, offer extensive access to cri...
Georgia Senators hear hard stories of criminal records problem
November 01, 2013 - Sarah Hamilton’s January arrest based on a mistaken identity has kept the whole family in turmoil even after police dropped the charges again...
Utah Hooks into FBI Cybercrime Data
November 01, 2013 - Utah is the first state to participate in an FBI pilot program to allow law enforcement agencies to search its central Internet-crime database....
How criminal records worsen the jobs gap
October 31, 2013 - The Twin Cities region has one of the country's widest racial gaps in employment, according to the Economic Policy Institute. The advocacy grou...
NAPBS Wants Name Check Searches Not Fingerprint ID Checks
October 31, 2013 - This is an NAPBS Red Alert H.R. 2083 The House of Representatives passed H.R. 2083, Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators A...
Virginia creates resident database from DMV records
October 30, 2013 - The state government has been quietly collecting driver data from the Department of Motor Vehicles to create a database of residents, according to...
Ohio Habitual OVI Offense Database Error-Ridden
October 30, 2013 - Ernest Kirk, of Ross County, doesn’t appear on a database created so the public can track habitually drunken drivers, despite facing his 11th...
Landlord Held Liable For Negligent Hiring
October 29, 2013 - Mark Wilton operated an apartment complex in San Joaquin County, California. To help provide security for the complex, Wilton hired David Rodriguez...
Man declared legally dead cannot now be officially labeled alive
October 28, 2013 - An Ohio man who was declared dead after disappearing in 1986 cannot now be declared officially alive. A judge found that three years after a p...
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