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195,000 new US jobs in June according to Bureau of Labor Statistics
according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Specifically, the June 2013 Employment Situation Report found: Leisure and hospitality employment added 75,000 jobs in June 2013 and this industry has averaged 55,000 jobs per month so far in 2013, almost twice the average gain of 30,000 jobs per month in 2012.…
Read MoreIndiana law requires national background checks of day care workers
criminal records and employment checks, we wanted to highlight further legislation that will affect both our community, clients and the Indiana workforce. A new Indiana law – also introduced on July 1 – will require national background checks and fingerprinting for all day care workers, according to ABC. “I think it’s necessary. You want to know…
Read MoreNew Indiana legislation allowing expungement of old criminal records takes effect
Indiana House Enrolled Act No. 1482, it “is (now) unlawful discrimination for any person to: suspend; expel; refuse to employ; refuse to admit; refuse to grant or renew a license, permit, or certificate necessary to engage in any activity, occupation, or profession; or otherwise discriminate against any person because of a conviction or arrest record…
Read MoreFBI busts alleged, multi-state identity theft ring
With the aid of a confidential source, the FBI has arrested members of an alleged identity theft ring that stole more than $1.1 million while operating in California, Florida, Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri, Indiana and Texas. From its Southern California base, the group of seven individuals led by a convicted burglar/drug dealer/forger obtained bank customer identities…
Read MoreEmployer's Guide: Drug screening for jobs
17.2 million drug abusers in the US, 12.9 million were employed either full or part time. In addition, 10 to 20% of workers who died on the job tested positive for alcohol or other drugs. And according to statistics on drug abuse by American workers, workplace drug and alcohol use costs U.S. businesses an estimated…
Read MoreCouple orders a tie, receives employee social security numbers instead
What the couple actually got in the mail should is a cause for concern for all Gap employees: the confidential files of about 20 former employees, including Social Security numbers and W4 tax forms. “We totally laughed,” Dreyfuss, 29, said on Friday from her home in Cambridge, Mass. She had misgivings about the package as…
Read MoreGet started with TWIC background checks
From merchant mariners to port facility employees, long shore workers to truck drivers, anyone requiring unescorted access to secure areas of maritime facilities and vessels regulated by the Maritime Transportation Security Act is required to go through this screening process. Each TWIC applicant undergoes a security threat assessment. This assessment considers convictions, arrest warrants, and…
Read MoreResearch shows employee theft on the rise
Jack L. Hayes International shows that 71,095 dishonest employees were apprehended in 2012, up 5.5 percent from 2011. In total, more than $50 million was recovered in those cases, up 7 percent from a year earlier. One clear solution to reducing this desperately high number? Pre-employment background checks. “The seriousness of retail theft is a much greater…
Read More$10 Public Court Record search fee defeated in California Legislature
trailer bill that would have severely limited press and public access to court documents has died in the California Legislature, after widespread editorial condemnation from the state’s newspapers. The defeated proposal was put forward by the Administrative Office of the Courts and would have resulted in a charge of $10 per file to look at…
Read MoreEEOC files lawsuits against BMW and Dollar General
Several employees who had worked at BMW’s plant for years as employees of a logistics services company lost their jobs as a result of BMW’s policy. Their employer, UTi Integrated Logistics, only reviewed criminal convictions for the previous seven years. But when UTi ended its contract with BMW, its employees at the facility had to…
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