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  • The EEOC: I Think They Mean it

    July 08, 2013 - Back in the days when I was lucky enough to avoid a long rap sheet, my Father would often verbally take me to the woodshed. After he was finished, if he was particularly angry, I could count on an emphatic addition after about 5 seconds of silence: “And I MEAN it.” The EEOC has recently shown that they mean it when it comes to employer use of criminal record checks.  In 2006 there were less than 50 active investigations. Last year there were nearly 600. On June 11th, the EEOC issued a press release that read in part: EEOC Files Suit Against Two Employers for Use of Criminal Background Checks BMW Fired and Denied Hire to Class of Employees Who Worked Successfully for Years; Dollar General Disproportionately Ex...

  • Background Check Practices Matter

    July 02, 2013 - by Susan M. Heathfield There are advantages and disadvantages to using external experts to background check the credentials and history of your...

  • Faulty Criminal Record Checks Plague Sterling

    June 26, 2013 - Few companies in New York—or anywhere else, for that matter—are growing as fast as Sterling Infosystems Inc. Its revenue has rocketed t...

  • Seattle Joins The 'Limit Your Use of Criminal Records' Wave

    June 25, 2013 -   Effective November 1, 2013, Seattle, Washington will join various other jurisdictions (most recently Minnesota, Indiana, North Carolina and...

  • HireRight, USIS Nailed Again - Big Time

    June 21, 2013 - Federal inspectors have been conducting a criminal investigation for more than a year of the company that performed a background check on Edward Sn...

  • Jefferson County NY to Let Deputies Carry Overdose-Reversal Drug

    June 19, 2013 - Sheriff’s deputies in New York’s Jefferson County may soon join those in neighboring counties in carrying and administering the anti-ov...

  • Employment Checks Fuel Race Complaints

    June 18, 2013 - Federal regulators Tuesday accused two large employers of improperly using criminal-background checks in hiring, the latest salvo in a contentious...

  • Background checks land Dollar General in feds' hot seat

    June 17, 2013 - Dollar General Corp. has been hit with a lawsuit from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which alleges the discount retailer's c...


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