Background Check News

Jobless rate drops to lowest level in almost three years

Barry — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:05:52 +0000

The U.S. economy created jobs at the fastest pace in nine months in January and the unemployment rate dropped to a near three-year low, offering a hopeful sign for hiring in the year ahead. Employers added a net 243,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department reported Friday — that’s the most since April and far better [...]

Supreme Court: Warrants needed in GPS tracking

Barry — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:04:38 +0000

The Supreme Court on Monday unanimously restricted the police’s ability to use a GPS device to track criminal suspects in a first test of how privacy rights will be protected in the digital age. The court rejected the government’s view that long-term surveillance of a suspect by GPS tracking is no different than traditional, low-tech forms [...]

Disparate Impact Opinion from EEOC Regarding Employer’s Hiring Requirement for a High School Diploma

Barry — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:03:53 +0000

An opinion letter from the EEOC was recently released which addresses the American’s with Disability Act (ADA) and hiring practices. In effect, it states that an employer may not have a high school diploma requirement for a job if that requirement eliminates an individual who is unable to obtain a high school diploma because [...]

Labor market shows more signs of revving up

Barry — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:56:24 +0000

The job market got a bucket of good news Thursday showing private sector hiring picking up and new claims for unemployment benefits dropping. The Labor Department reported that jobless claims fell 15,000 to a seasonally-adjusted 372,000 in the week ended Dec. 31 from a revised 387,000 in the prior week. The four-week moving average, seen as [...]

Gov. Kaisich and New OH Legislation

Barry — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:28:03 +0000

Ohio lawmakers are looking for ways to ease the hundreds of restrictions blocking felons released from prison from obtaining jobs. They are called “collateral sanctions,” the 800 or so stipulations written into Ohio’s constitution, laws, administrative codes and court rules that keep many former inmates from qualifying for a myriad of jobs. Depending on their [...]

Designing Your Management Team – Vetting your C-Level Management Foundation

TedMoss — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:28:18 +0000

Assessing executive talent is usually a long, exhausting process. Several rounds of interviews out of a broad pool of qualified candidates are the norm. Experts agree that once a list of contenders with the specific skill set required are located, there remains the more difficult task of determining work ethic, business aptitude, management skills, corporate [...]

The Use of Public and Private Records for Pre-Employment Screening

Barry — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 19:15:56 +0000

From birth to death, a government document is created for almost every major life event; birth certificate, property records, marriage and death certificates. A public record is any document or information a government agency has collected during the process of conducting local, state, or federal governmental business, and they are the main source of [...]

Despite Technology, Some Courts Still Deal in Paper Records Only

Barry — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:59:02 +0000

Standing outside D.C. Superior Court’s blocky mid-century building, you’d never guess the court is a technological leader among its cohorts in the Washington region, particularly if you’ve visited Fairfax County’s “high-tech courtrooms” with wizardry that lets trial attorneys build dazzling visuals in real time. But here’s the difference between D.C. and most of the [...]

See Crimcheck.com at the 2010 Ohio HR Conference!

Barry — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:21:22 +0000

Please be sure to stop by and see the Crimcheck.com booth at the 2010 Ohio HR Conference, held at the lovely Kalahari Resort in Sandusky, Ohio! Representatives from our company will be on hand at our booth September 15 - 17, 2010. Stop by to meet and chat with members of our team during the conference exhibition. We [...]

NJ Considers Requiring Background Checks For School Volunteers

Barry — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:59:25 +0000

New Jersey lawmakers are considering legislation that would require background checks for school volunteers. The bill (A-1019) would require any individual who volunteers to provide service on an unpaid basis in a public school district to undergo a criminal history background check in accordance with the same standards and procedures used to conduct such checks on [...]