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Should Employers Check Job Applicants’ Credit History?
December 01, 2010 - By Ruth Mantell With the national unemployment rate at 9.6%, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is concerned about employers using job applicants’ credit history as a screening tool. The commission met to hear testimony from various groups about employers’ practice of checking credit reports. The meeting is part of a longer-term examination of barriers to employment. “An ever increasing number of job applicants and workers are being exposed to employment screening tools, such as credit checks, that could unfairly exclude them from job opportunities,” said Jacqueline Berrien, chairwoman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. It’s legal for employers to obtain persona...
New Int'l Criminal Record Suppliers Simply Resellers
December 01, 2010 - Beware! by Steven Brownstein Several new advertisments have reached my desk selling international criminal record searches. They have r...
Mistaken Identity Over Incest Claim Was 'Devastating'
November 01, 2010 - By Chris O'Brien and Andree Withey A grandfather from the Darling Downs in southern Queensland who was wrongly accused of rape and incest s...
Is An Employment Background Check Ever Too Invasive?
November 01, 2010 - By Ashby Jones Generally speaking, the government can ask for background checks for employees of defense contractors. But are there limits...
Tale Of Two Calvins: One Keeps Going To Jail For Other's Offenses
November 01, 2010 - by Cynthia Hubert Calvin Ward is nearly 6 feet tall and African American. Calvin Phillips, according to records, is about 4 inches shorter and...
Straightline International Leads Industry In Overseas Criminal Record Checks
January 01, 2010 - For the tenth straight year, Straightline International has led the U.S. and world markets in providing criminal record cheks for foreign searches....
Starting A Business Looked To As A Way Forward For Ex-Inmates
December 31, 1969 - by Marcia Pledger For nearly 10 years, Augustus Turner had a lot of time to ponder an American dream that he refused to believe was out of reac...
CORI Reform Still Allows Private Background Checks
December 31, 1969 - by Kenneth J. Cooper The part of the new Massachusetts law that prohibits inquiring about criminal records on initial job applications leaves a...
How Much Does A Bad Hire Really Cost?
December 31, 1969 - by Rich Greenwald Imagine this: You are about to pitch a new piece of business when you turn on your laptop and realize the slides in your pres...
Take Me To Jail, Please
December 31, 1969 - by Brandi Grissom Mark William Ivey really, really did not want to be on probation. He wanted to do his jail time and get on with his life...
Les Rosen's Corner Employers Should Be Wary of Cheap or Instant Online Criminal Background Checks
December 31, 1969 - Numerous internet sites have sprung up in recent years promising cheap or instant background checks that deliver criminal information on anyone. Th...
Special Thanks To The Background Investigator’s Management
December 31, 1969 - Steven Brownstein, Publisher of The Background Investigator, wants everyone to know how grateful he is for the fine job done at the Pre-employment...
The Real Deal Behind India Criminal Record Searches
December 31, 1969 - Criminal Records History Retrieval - India by Steven Brownstein Briefly (We will use Bangalore, Karnataka as an example): In...
Don't Worry America: China Is Rising But Not Catching Up
December 31, 1969 - by Michael Beckley Most Americans fear that China will soon surpass the US in global power and economic clout. But this widespread view is wron...
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