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• 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]. “As retailers across the country begin to hire hundreds of thousands of holiday employees, the National Retail Federation today released a survey that illustrates the importance of employee background screenings in keeping customers safe,” read an accompanying press release [2] published on Tuesday. Responses from the survey, which was conducted in July, came from 96 executives from various retailers and showed that 97 percent of respondents used background screening sometime during the application process. “Pre-employment screenings are one of the tools retailers use as...

• 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...

• Youngstown, OH Municipal Court Now Online

  October 01, 2011 - by Steven Brownstein Youngstown Municipal Court case records are now available online at www.youngstownmunicipalcourt.org. A recent samplin...

• Les Rosens' Corner

  October 01, 2011 - Class Action Case Shows Importance of Background Screening Firms Following Fair Credit Reporting Act when Reporting Sexual Offender Data A new...

• Gay Convictions To Be Wiped From The Records

  October 01, 2011 - Those convicted of homosexual crimes could soon apply to have their convictions wiped from the records under a government measure to tackle discrim...

• As Criminal Laws Proliferate, More Are Ensnared.

  September 01, 2011 - By Gary Fields and John R. Emshwiller Eddie Leroy Anderson of Craigmont, Idaho, is a retired logger, a former science teacher and now a federal...

• No Surprise Here - Tweeting Can Get You Fired

  September 01, 2011 - by Rhodri Marsden The internet has brought about a head-on collision between our personal and professional lives. A neatly presented online CV...

• Tips About Cook County, IL Civil Cases Online

  September 01, 2011 - by Steven Brownstein The Clerk of the Circuit Court offers on-line access to the full electronic docket for cases filed in the Civil, Law, C...

• Will County, IL Cases Go Online

  September 01, 2011 - by Steven Brownstein The Clerk of the Circuit Court offers on-line access to limited electronic docket for cases filed in the Circuit Court....

• About Cuyahoga County Cases Online

  September 01, 2011 - by Steven Brownstein The Cuyahoga Common Pleas Court offers on-line access to electronic docket for cases filed in the Circuit Court. The i...

• Make Money- Background Checks For The The Medical Industry

  September 01, 2011 - by Steven Brownstein You can help physicians take simple steps to protect themselves from becoming subjects of lawsuits or losing substantial r...

• The New Cost Of Candian Criminal Pardons

  September 01, 2011 - By Paula Mallea The Conservative government, with the collaboration of opposition parties, hastily passed a piece of legislation (Bill C-23A) l...

• Texas Man Can't Clear His Name

  September 01, 2011 - by steven Brownstein A Frisco, TX man has been unable to clear his name for over four years. An appeals court has decided he has no right t...