Personal Ties to Job Applicants May Cloud Judgment When Reviewing Background Check Results
In the past three years, three high-level new hires connected with Richmond, Ga. Chief Administrative Officer Byron Marshall have departed amid controversy
In the past three years, three high-level new hires connected with Richmond, Ga. Chief Administrative Officer Byron Marshall have departed amid controversy
Kids aren’t the only people who need to be protected through the use of background checks. Other vulnerable groups, such as the elderly, may also be mistre
In the town of Phillipsburg, PA, officials are considering changes to their background check laws that will hopefully improve the safety of local kids duri
By all indications, employee theft and embezzlement is thriving in today’s business economy. In order to protect themselves from rising rates of theft and
Colorado passed new legislation on April 19, 2013 which restricts an employer’s use of consumer credit information for employment purposes. The legislation
While it is a good thing that background checks for faculty members seem to have arrived, it is a good question to ask why they actually took as long as th
Currently, only some Duke faculty members have to undergo background checks. Right now though, there are talks in which policy makers are deciding whether
Assemblyman Troy Singleton and Herb Conaway, Jr., M.D. recently sponsored legislation requiring any person licensed, or attempting to receive licensing, in
Besides passing a background check, many jobs also require new hires to undergo a pre-employment drug-screening test. According to the Drug Testing Index (
Patients with home health aides can rest easy as only 2.7 percent of applicants failed a pre-employment drug test last year. New York state law requires mo
Legislation Update that the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs issued a directive providing information to federal contractors and subcont
Effective January 1, 2013, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has made updates to the Summary of Rights that the Federal Trade Commission pr