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		<title>EEOC Clarifies Opinion on High School Diploma Requirement</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:29:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Late last year, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released an informal discussion letter regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and how that applies to qualifications for jobs. Basically, the letter argued that employers who require a high school &#8230; <a href="http://www.backgroundsonline.com/blog/2012/02/eeoc-clarifies-opinion-on-high-school-diploma-requirement/"><div class="more-link">Continue Reading<img src="http://www.backgroundsonline.com/images/arrow.png"  border="0" /></div></a>]]></description>
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		<title>FBI Background Check Results on Steve Jobs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, the FBI released results of background checks they had compiled on Apple’s late CEO, Steve Jobs. The background checks were released due to a request by the Wall Street Journal under the Freedom of Information Act. They were &#8230; <a href="http://www.backgroundsonline.com/blog/2012/02/fbi-background-check-results-on-steve-jobs/"><div class="more-link">Continue Reading<img src="http://www.backgroundsonline.com/images/arrow.png"  border="0" /></div></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Diploma Mill Uses Loophole in Texas Law to Cheat People Out of Money</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:49:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KHOU in Houston, Texas recently investigated a private school who is allegedly selling bogus high school diplomas using a loophole in their state’s law. Brook Hire received a high school diploma from Parkview Baptist School. Excited because she was only &#8230; <a href="http://www.backgroundsonline.com/blog/2012/02/diploma-mill-uses-loophole-in-texas-law-to-cheat-people-out-of-money/"><div class="more-link">Continue Reading<img src="http://www.backgroundsonline.com/images/arrow.png"  border="0" /></div></a>]]></description>
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		<title>FTC Warns Companies that Background Check Apps May Violate the FCRA</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a press release today, announcing they sent letters to six marketers of mobile applications which provide background checks. In the letters, the companies were warned that because they compile and release information on consumers, &#8230; <a href="http://www.backgroundsonline.com/blog/2012/02/ftc-warns-companies-that-background-check-apps-may-violate-the-fcra/"><div class="more-link">Continue Reading<img src="http://www.backgroundsonline.com/images/arrow.png"  border="0" /></div></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Café Manager Killed By Employee with a Criminal Record</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:14:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Flying Biscuit Café, located in Charlotte, North Carolina, hired Mark Anthony Cox, a felon who was just released from prison in November. He served almost two years for robbery, as well as breaking and entering at his previous employer, &#8230; <a href="http://www.backgroundsonline.com/blog/2012/02/cafe-manager-killed-by-employee-with-a-criminal-record/"><div class="more-link">Continue Reading<img src="http://www.backgroundsonline.com/images/arrow.png"  border="0" /></div></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Employee Arrested &amp; Accused of Stealing $1 Million from Archdiocese</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A bookkeeper employed by the Archdiocese of New York has found herself arrested and accused of stealing over $1 million in education money during the course of her employment. Anita Collins, 67, began employment with the Catholic Church in 2003 &#8230; <a href="http://www.backgroundsonline.com/blog/2012/01/employee-arrested-accused-of-stealing-1-million-from-archdiocese/"><div class="more-link">Continue Reading<img src="http://www.backgroundsonline.com/images/arrow.png"  border="0" /></div></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Former Domino’s Pizza Employees Proceed with Class Action Against Company for Alleged FCRA Violations</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two former Domino’s Pizza employees, Adrian Singleton and Justin D’Heilly, are pursuing a putative class action lawsuit against their former employer for alleged violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Domino’s Pizza made a motion to dismiss the case &#8230; <a href="http://www.backgroundsonline.com/blog/2012/01/former-dominos-pizza-employees-proceed-with-class-action-against-company-for-alleged-fcra-violations/"><div class="more-link">Continue Reading<img src="http://www.backgroundsonline.com/images/arrow.png"  border="0" /></div></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Importance of Background Checks in Schools</title>
		<link>http://www.backgroundsonline.com/blog/2012/01/the-importance-of-background-checks-in-schools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, a janitor in a Texas school was arrested during a “warrant roundup” staged by police. Darrel Patrick Clover Jr. gained employment as a part-time janitor in 1998. In 2001, he was moved up to full time. Since 2000, &#8230; <a href="http://www.backgroundsonline.com/blog/2012/01/the-importance-of-background-checks-in-schools/"><div class="more-link">Continue Reading<img src="http://www.backgroundsonline.com/images/arrow.png"  border="0" /></div></a>]]></description>
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		<title>EEOC Says a High School Requirement Might Violate the ADA</title>
		<link>http://www.backgroundsonline.com/blog/2012/01/eeoc-says-a-high-school-requirement-might-violate-the-ada/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An “informal discussion letter” released by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in November of 2011 stated that employers who require a high school diploma in order to be hired by them may be violating the Americans with Disabilities Act. &#8230; <a href="http://www.backgroundsonline.com/blog/2012/01/eeoc-says-a-high-school-requirement-might-violate-the-ada/"><div class="more-link">Continue Reading<img src="http://www.backgroundsonline.com/images/arrow.png"  border="0" /></div></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pepsi Beverages To Pay 3.1 Million To Settle Racial Discrimination Case</title>
		<link>http://www.backgroundsonline.com/blog/2012/01/pepsi-beverages-to-pay-3-1-million-to-settle-racial-discrimination-case/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s been no secret that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has been cracking down on hiring policies which they believe can cause a disparate impact on minorities and now they’ve taken Pepsi Beverages Co to federal court under charges &#8230; <a href="http://www.backgroundsonline.com/blog/2012/01/pepsi-beverages-to-pay-3-1-million-to-settle-racial-discrimination-case/"><div class="more-link">Continue Reading<img src="http://www.backgroundsonline.com/images/arrow.png"  border="0" /></div></a>]]></description>
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