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Bill to ban criminal record question on job forms advances
June 17, 2015 - The Oregon Senate has approved a bill making it illegal for employers to ask about criminal records on job applications. The bill passed Thursday in a 21-8 vote. The so-called "ban the box" measure would prohibit questions on job applications, but an employer could still ask about convictions during a job interview. The bill's proponents say it's extremely difficult for people with a criminal record to find work because they're automatically excluded at an early stage. Supporters say waiting until an interview to ask about convictions would give people a chance to explain their conviction, their more recent conduct and their qualifications. Critics worry th...
New York City Council passes bill prohibiting certain criminal background inquiries in hiring decisi
June 16, 2015 - On June 10, 2015, the New York City Council voted to amend the New York City Human Rights Law to prohibit employers from inquiring into the arrest...
Medicaid to subject providers to criminal background checks starting Aug. 1
June 12, 2015 - Starting Aug. 1, providers considered at “high risk” for defrauding state Medicaid programs will undergo a criminal background check th...
Pakistani Firm Is at Center of Vast Fake Degree Scam
June 08, 2015 - Seen from the Internet, it is a vast education empire: hundreds of universities and high schools, with elegant names and smiling professors...
McKinney City Council candidate’s criminal record from 1990s exposed by rival
June 08, 2015 - A candidate’s checkered past surfaced this week during early voting in the McKinney City Council runoff election. Businessman...
Best practices for employer background checks
June 03, 2015 - There are many clear benefits in performing background checks, such as screening out candidates who give incomplete or inaccurate information on th...
Toronto police background checks no longer include mental health incidents
June 01, 2015 - In a step forward for mental health rights, the Toronto Police Service will no longer release records of non-criminal mental health encounters with...
Steven Brownstein Announces Enhanced Background Checks
May 29, 2015 - Criminal records are only part of what comprises an enhanced background check. Details, such as lawsuits, bankruptcies,...
Survey Reveals Majority of Healthcare, Manufacturing, Retail And Education Contractors Go Unscree
May 28, 2015 - More than half of companies in healthcare, manufacturing, retail and education do not require a background check for their temporary employees and...
The Case Against Hair Testing
May 26, 2015 - An effort to approve hair samples for drug testing in commercial truck drivers is drawing some criticism. The Drug Free Commercial Truck Driver Act...
Lawmaker pushing to waive background check fees for volunteers
May 26, 2015 - The state's new background checks law that was part of the fallout of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal has caused so much angst that...
The Background Investigator Goes To Massachusetts
May 23, 2015 - Steven Brownstein travelled to Boston to straighten out the lack of a quality criminal record search in that state. &nb...
Crackdown on Back-door Criminal Record Checks
May 20, 2015 - Under section 56 of the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA), it is now a criminal offence for any person or organisation to require an individual to sub...
A Criminal Record Does Not Necessarily Result in Unemployability
May 19, 2015 - Many Americans with criminal records cannot find employment even if the record is decades old, minor, has been dropped, not corrected or if the cou...
5 Things to Know About Background Checks and Expunged Records
May 15, 2015 - In recent years, dozens of states have made it easier for people to conceal their brushes with the criminal justice system, broadening the scope of...
CARCO partners with Accurate Biometrics to provide fingerprint solutions
May 14, 2015 - Risk mitigation and background screening firm CARCO Group, Inc. announced it has partnered with Accurate Biometrics, Inc. to provide live scan fing...
Chinese hackers targeting background check files
May 08, 2015 - Hackers for China and other U.S. adversaries are going after files that provide information on powerful people, including those contained in backgr...
Bruce Berg's Comments on NAPBS Conference
May 05, 2015 - The conference officially kicked off on Sunday night with an opening ceremony followed by the exhibit floor open to all for hors d’oeuvres an...
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