Latest News about Background Checks (page 60)

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Passes Drug Test Mandate for School Teachers

In mid-December, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives made a big decision regarding applicants to public and private school teaching positions. In a v

Auditors Investigate Background Check Policies for City Employees in Hartford, Connecticut after ban the box excuse is used by feloon

Auditors are taking a closer look at how the city government of Hartford, Connecticut screens its employees. The investigation, which is being conducted by

Ohio Senator Proposes Background Checks for Homeschool Parents

Background check advances for childcare institutions and educational organizations have been among the biggest and most prevalent trends in the employment

Nebraska Town Happy to Shoulder Costs of Youth Sports Background Checks

The city of Columbus, Nebraska is yet another American town that is cracking down on potential sex offenders and other dangerous criminals in its youth spo

Industry News, background check, Missouri

Missouri City Passes New Background Check Restrictions for Parks and Recreation Department Employees and Volunteers

The Parks and Recreation board of Lee’s Summit, Missouri recently passed a new proposal tightening background checks on its employees and volunteers. A sim

Michigan Public School District Streamlines its Background Check Procedures for Volunteers

School teachers have long been one of the most vigilantly background checked groups in the American employment circuit. Recent policy changes have indicate

New York Nuclear Power Plant Avoids Commission Citation for Background Check Mishap

The three-unit Indian Point nuclear power plant based in Buchanan, New York narrowly avoided a run-in with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission over a discrep

Retroactive Background Checks of Wisconsin High School Sports Employees Reveal Troubling Discovery

The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Administration (WIAA), the organization in charge of regulating Wisconsin’s statewide high school sports, had never

Carnegie Mellon Proves That EEOC Reservations Concerning Social Media Background Checks Are Well-Founded

Could hiring managers be banned entirely from looking at the social media profiles of their potential employees? It’s certainly possible after a November C