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Another USA Missed Record TV News Report
August 01, 2012 - B.C. Privacy Commisioner Elizabeth Denham is warning both the provincial government and private sector employers are making too much use of criminal record checks. She issued an investigation report recommending the province limit its use of checks, which are used to vet prospective employees and re-screen some existing staff. "I'm concerned about the societal trend towards increased employment-related records checks without clear evidence as to their benefit in safeguarding the workplace," Denham said. Record checks are important tools in hiring staff who will work with vulnerable adults or children or wield great spending or data-access powers, she said. But in some cases, she said, government conducts ong...
New York Times Calls For Regulating/Registering Us
August 01, 2012 - ...The federal government clearly needs to step in (on background screening companies). It should require companies to be federally registered, out...
Lies Will Come With New Risks
August 01, 2012 - An unpopular decision by the United States Supreme Court appears to have inspired the Pentagon to do something it should have done long ago, create...
Many Sex Offenders Nationally Manipulate Identities
August 01, 2012 - A frightening number of the nation's registered sex offenders hide, change or attempt to alter their identities to avoid parole conditions aime...
Poor Land in Jail as Companies Add Huge Fees for Probation
August 01, 2012 - Three years ago, Gina Ray, who is now 31 and unemployed, was fined $179 for speeding. She failed to show up at court (she says the ticket bore the...
Truckers'Database Under Fire
August 01, 2012 - The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association is suing the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration alleging that the federal regulator'...
Industry News
August 01, 2012 - Corporate Screening Services Partners with ERC Corporate Screening, a provider of pre-employment background screening services, is pleased to a...
BRB Public Record Update
August 01, 2012 - Fee to Purchase Kentucky Criminal Record to Increase Soon The fee for a criminal record search in Kentucky will increase from $15.00 to $20.00...
Maryland Sex Offender Surprises Mother Of One-Year Old
August 01, 2012 - When Stephanie Rudisill used a contractor for her home, she was surprised to find out upon later research the man she let into her home was a regis...
Drivers Need Background Checks
July 01, 2012 - Examining 10,037 of the road-rage incidents, the AAA study found only 413 involved females as perpetrators. The majority of aggressive drivers...
PA Removes Cases From Online Search Results
July 01, 2012 - The office that oversees the operation of Pennsylvania's courts has removed millions of court records from its electronic database. It only...
Alberta: Being Gay No Longer A Mental Illness
July 01, 2012 - The province has rewritten controversial billing codes that treated sexual minorities as people with mental disorders akin to bestiality and pedoph...
Nightmare Graduation Ends In Criminal Record
July 01, 2012 - A South Carolina woman said police escorted her out of her daughter's graduation for cheering and charged her with disorderly conduct. Shan...
New Jersey: Camera Company Uses Deceptive Crash Footage
July 01, 2012 - Red light camera company promotional video uses misleading incident to sell its product. Just two days before Christmas, American Traffic Solut...
People Seeking Background Checks At San Luis Obispo Court May Have To Wait
July 01, 2012 - San Luis Obispo Superior Court officials have stopped immediate window service for those seeking bulk criminal background information. Citing b...
Homeschooling Diploma Not Accepted - Background Screener Almost Sued
July 01, 2012 - Many employers conduct background investigations on prospective employees. Usually these are transparent to the prospective employee who simply...
Suit Over Background Check Goof to Advance
July 01, 2012 - A company that lost $10 million to an embezzling accountant can sue the contractor that said he cleared a background check, a federal judge ruled....
Many People Know About Workplace Misconduct And Are Willing to Report It -- For Money
July 01, 2012 - According to a recent survey the majority of U.S. employees would report wrongdoing in the workplace if they knew they would be protected from reta...
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