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• Target Targeted

  March 01, 2013 - The NAACP and TakeAction Minnesota accused Target Corp. of unfair hiring practices in 10 formal complaints filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The NAACP and the community group allege the retailer’s hiring practices discriminate against applicants with criminal records. In a news conference in Minneapolis, the groups accused Target of denying people with criminal records job interviews, even when the alleged crime was old, expunged or irrelevant to the prospective job. NAACP and TakeAction members filed 10 formal complaints with the EEOC and referenced an additional 150 cases documented over eight months. Target officials denied any wrongdoing and said they had met previously with TakeAction...

• Government Admits To Flaws In Record System

  March 01, 2013 - New York State officials are looking into errors on the criminal history reports of people who had been charged in Cambridge Town Court, where it a...

• UK Criminal Record Searches: Proportionality Restored

  February 03, 2013 - It is probably a bit premature to use the term "landmark ruling" to describe the court of appeal's judgment on the scope of the crimi...

• Criminal Record Checks System Breaches Human Rights, UK Court Rules

  February 03, 2013 - The home secretary, Theresa May, is facing urgent pressure to overhaul the criminal records system after an appeal court ruled that the way it oper...

• NC Jailors Abuse Hot Sauce

  January 15, 2013 - The NC State Bureau of Investigation has initiated a formal investigation into the Sampson County prison accused of mistreating prisoners with hot...

• Package Wars - UPS Vs.FedEx

  January 15, 2013 - A UPS employee is facing theft charges in Houston, Texas, after allegedly stealing an Apple iPad Mini that a Fedex delivery person had left at a ho...

• One More Reason To Change Your Way Of Doing Business

  January 15, 2013 - The Ohio Department of Health has proposed new administrative rules that will significantly impact the obligations of a home health agency (“...

• Like It Or Not: How Social Media Can Lead To Litigation

  January 08, 2013 - by John G. Browning About two-thirds of the adult population of the United States has a presence on a social networking platform. Over 900 mill...

• Lawsuit Abuse Becoming Major Issue For Most Americans

  January 01, 2013 - Nearly nine out of ten Americans think lawsuit abuse is a problem. The other 10 percent are suing them. (Little joke, there.) According to...

• Excerpts From 'Screenplay For The Pre-Employment Screener'

  January 01, 2013 - Excerpts From 'Screenplay For The Pre-Employment Screener How bad can it be? Let me tell you a thing or two.. I looked at their Web Site....

• I'll Give You Something To CRB Check'

  December 26, 2012 - A health worker has been banned from his job after he was convicted of harassment and threatened his boss. Jason Mastin worked in the operating...

• Dennis Brownstein's Extreme Court News

  December 26, 2012 - A lawyer has admitted faking the pursuit of a two-year sexual assault case, forging documents and judgments and attending non-existent hearings on...

• NAPBS Accreditation - A Suggested Approach by Derek Hinton

  December 22, 2012 - The blond spent an hour filling out the application for NAPBS Accreditation. The last question was the hardest, but finally, beside “Sign Her...

• Les Rosen's Corner

  December 19, 2012 -   On January 1, 2013, new E-Verify laws will take effect in Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee requiring many private em...

• How To Avoid Lawsuits

  December 16, 2012 - by Steven Brownstein I'd say it's getting out of hand. I've never seen so many lawsuits filed against pre-employment screening...

• What Is The Weakness In Criminal Records Usage By Pre-Employment Screening Companies?

  December 14, 2012 - The world of criminal records is not very complex. A person is accused, arrested, processed through a system (of some sort). And in most pl...

• Race Does Play A Part In Background Checks

  December 10, 2012 - by Steven Brownstein In a recent news release, Nick Fishman, EmployeeScreenIQ, testified that when a criminal record is revealed, the backgroun...

• Government Court Database Glitches Affect Background Checks

  December 04, 2012 -  by Steven Brownstein An interesting set of circumstances occurred recently. A court database had a glitch (bug, virus, flaw, etc....)...