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Les Rosen’s Corner,A monthly column by Lester Rosen, Attorney at Law Maryland Latest State To Res
June 01, 2011 - Joining four other U.S. states - Hawaii, Illinois, Oregon, and Washington - prohibiting the use of credit information by employers, Maryland has enacted new legislation placing restrictions on so-called credit checks by employers that use the credit report or credit history of job applicants or employees for employment decisions. The law, known as the 'Job Applicant Fairness Act,' was signed by Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley in April of 2011 and will take effect on October 1, 2011. Along with prohibiting an employer from using the credit report or credit history of an employee or job applicant for employment purposes, the 'Job Applicant Fairness Act' specifically prohibits most employers from using credit check...
Mad Hatters Join A Long History Of Cap-Loving Criminal Suspects
June 01, 2011 - by Joe Swickard Clothes may make the man, but hats can make the hoodlums. The Mad Hatters, a gang of grannies who authorities say have been...
Advice for India: Screen Those Ex-Infosys Execs Well
June 01, 2011 - by Don Tennant As top executives at Infosys Technologies leave the company and begin other pursuits, their prospective employers would be well-...
Dennnis Brownstein's Extreme Court News - Updated June 23, 2011
June 01, 2011 - Fear - Trio Of Odd Occurrences At Pittsburgh Courthouse A man who pleaded guilty to spray-painting a death threat against Judge Jeffrey A. Mann...
Puerto Rico Mother's Maiden Names Make A Difference In Record Searches by Steven Brownstein
June 01, 2011 - by Steven Brownstein You can have a problem if you lack providing the mother's maiden name with your Puerto Rico search. Pr...
Airline Background Check-Less Security Shocker
June 01, 2011 - By Larry Celona and Bill Sanderson In a colossal failure of 9/11 security measures, an illegal immigrant used the stolen ID of a Bronx man with...
Likening The Criminal Justice System To A Baseball Game
June 01, 2011 - by Steven Brownstein I came across this analogy while I was looking for information about the North Dakota (of all places) Judiciary. Read...
FBI Announces Creation of Biometric Database
May 01, 2011 - by Daniel Sayani The FBI announced that its new identification system has reached its initial operating capacity. Known as Next Generation Iden...
The (Security) Check Is At The Mail, Canada
May 01, 2011 - by Bradley Bouzane Canada Post has jumped on board with one of the country's leading pre-employment screeners to speed up the process of...
North Carolina Courts Raise Prices
May 01, 2011 - By Mandy Locke, Charlotte Observer Checking on your baby sitter's or blind date's criminal history in North Carolina just got a little...
Straightline Unsurpassed When Searching For Puerto Rico Criminal Records
May 01, 2011 - By Steven Brownstein Everyone in the pre-employment screening business has their favorite method or favorite researcher who performs background...
Douglas County (Omaha), NE Records To Go Online
May 01, 2011 - (From the Editor, Steven Brownstein, A Note: Omaha Nenbraska has always beenone of thr toughest circuits to get a court record check accompli...
Online Court Records: Now You See Them, Now You Don’t
May 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 beginni...
"No Priors" Hiring All-Too Common
May 01, 2011 - By Micah Maidenberg A job advertisement posted on Chicago Craigslist last November by a temporary staffing company sought entry-level employees...
OCA Alternative: Unreliable CHAIRS Harm More Than Help
May 01, 2011 - By The Syracuse Post-Standard Editorial Board The Post-Standard When members of the Alliance of Communities Transforming Syracuse (ACTS) raised...
Steven Brownstein's Blogger
May 01, 2011 - Steven Brownstein's International Background Check Blog can be viewed at: http://stevenbrownstein.blogspot.com/ If you read my China visa p...
Les Rosen's Corner Class Action Suit for not Following the Fair Credit Reporting Act
May 01, 2011 - In a case that once again emphasizes the importance of employers following the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) for employment screening, a...
Steven Brownstein Off-island Until May19th
May 01, 2011 - Steven Brownstein will dapart Saipan for Vietnam on May 13th. Most of Steven Brownstein's efforts will be towards building a continuin...
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