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  • Civil Rights, Labor Advocates Demand End To Employment Credit Checks

    November 01, 2011 - A coalition of 25 civil rights and labor advocacy groups petitioned one of the nation's largest credit-monitoring firms in October to quit selling consumer credit info to employers. Using credit histories to screen job applicants, the groups said, can trap the jobless and disproportionately burden black and Latino candidates. They want TransUnion, one of the Big Three credit companies alongside Equifax and Experian, to stop making credit reports available. "As the only privately-held company of the big three, TransUnion has the ability to stop this practice overnight without worrying about stockholder reaction," said UniteHere spokeswoman Anne Marie Strassel. Roughly 60 percent of companies factor credit informa...

  • Most Retailers Rely on Background Checks

    November 01, 2011 - Nearly all retailers use background checks to vet potential employees, according to the results of a National Retail Federation survey [1]. &ld...

  • Steven Brownstein Announces Worldwide Social Networking Background Check Training

    November 01, 2011 - Steven Brownstein has announced a menu of events to teach employers and investigators all about Social Networking beginning late in 2011...

  • Should Companies Use Credit Checks To Screen Job Applicants?

    November 01, 2011 - by Adam Cohen, TIME It is a harsh catch-22, particularly in today's moribund economy: many companies routinely rule out job applicants who...

  • Hot Dog! An Eatery Hires Ex-Offenders

    October 01, 2011 - by Esther Cepeda You can't keep a good wiener down. Last month, Felony Franks, which unabashedly hires ex-cons, proved that by getti...

  • Why Men Don't Do Anything About Being Abused

    October 01, 2011 - by Philip Cook Taking on a macho "I can handle it" attitude. Even if you have been hurt much worse on an athletic playing field, t...

  • Texas Students Sent From Classroom To Courtroom

    October 01, 2011 - By Donna St. George In a small courtroom north of Houston, a fourth-grader walked up to the bench with his mother. Too short to see the judg...

  • Maryland's Online Court Records: Now You See Them, Now You Don't

    October 01, 2011 - By Edward Ericson Jr. Users of the state's online court records database (courts.state.md.us/courtrecords.html) saw a new message beginn...


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