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Wisconsin Criminal Record Search Flawed
June 11, 2013 - If you are one of thousands using the Wisconsin portal , Wisconsin Circuit Court Access, to access you criminal records check, BEWARE! I checked a not so common name for criminal records that used that sight, though not coming back clear of any record, came back with a benign enough of a record that I should become fearful of NOT HIRING, as the position in question was a low level dock hand. BUT, had I done a THOROUGH check and look at all records for the county, including city court,I never would have considered this applicant. Disorderly conduct, shoplifting, public intoxicatiom, harrassment, loitering. ALL these CHARGES and CONVICTIONS and not showing up on the WCCA Web Search. I am asking the pre-employment screening...
Criminal Record Causes Successful Man To Resign
June 10, 2013 - The man who oversaw Wilmington’s $86 million public works department since February once claimed fraudulent sickness benefits that led to a f...
HireRight Employment Screening Report for Transportation Indicates Significance of Driver Shortage i
June 06, 2013 - Economic prospects for transportation companies are improving, but the struggle to hire experienced workers due to the driver shortage stands as th...
Lessons To Be Learned From Botched Employment Decisions
June 05, 2013 - The machinations of search firms are intentionally cloaked in secrecy. Sometimes searches even go out of their way to avoid an accessible paper tra...
US: $520 Million Lost To Online Crime In 2012
May 31, 2013 - Over 280,000 complaints of online criminal activity were reported by the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) in 2012, according to the US organiz...
Illinois Removes Identifiers From Civil Court Records
May 30, 2013 - New Redaction Law - Illinois Civil Case Documents Effective July 1, 2013, personal identify information will not be allowed in documents or exh...
Straightline International To Be At SHRM Conference - Chicago
May 28, 2013 - Not only is Chicago Straightline International's founder, Steven Brownstein, home town but it's where SHRM will be holding its National Con...
Hotels Sued For No Background Checks
May 28, 2013 - A recent headline in the Arizona Republic read, “Hotel chains sued over alleged rapes of guests.” By Randy Pullen This would ca...
IRS Agents Stole 60 Million Medical Records, Legal Complaint Alleges
May 24, 2013 - The Internal Revenue Service stole and improperly accessed 60 million medical records after raiding a California company, according to a legal comp...
Colorado Gov signs employer credit check bill
May 20, 2013 - Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a bill that had concerned — but not enraged — some Colorado business interests. The Democratic...
Indiana enacts broad criminal records expungement law
May 17, 2013 - Indiana Governor Mike Pence has signed into law legislation permitting individuals arrested or convicted of certain crimes to have those records ex...
Biometric Database of All Adult Americans Hidden in Immigration Reform
May 16, 2013 - The immigration reform bill currently being considered by he U.S. Senate calls for the creation of a "photo tool," a U.S. Department of H...
Too Quick To Call Someone A Criminal
May 15, 2013 - Soon after the news broke about the three women in Ohio who were held captive, Charles Ramsey was hailed a hero for his role in helping them escape...
Canada Has Access To USA Criminal Records
May 14, 2013 - Her's some examples of your USA records at work: CBSA officers reported that on March 3, a United States resident sought entry into C...
Inmates Run City Detention Center
May 10, 2013 - State officials pledged to launch a widespread investigation into corruption at the Baltimore City Detention Center in the wake of the federal indi...
Texas Says They Need More Info To Integrate Criminal Records
May 08, 2013 - To maintain consistent and comprehensive information on offender recidivism rates, the author of a bill suggesting changes to Texas Department of C...
Plan for Ohio court records online goes offline
May 07, 2013 - Downloading a massive file on dial-up Internet seems supersonic compared to how long it has taken to upload Erie County court records online. A...
Mass. Probate records are now online
May 06, 2013 - At the risk of providing too much " inside baseball" with this column, I am pleased to inform my readers that the probate and family cour...
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