IAEE rejects EEOC proposal to ban background checks

ban the use of background checks on job applicants and/or current employees. “The issue of how best to rehabilitate convicted criminals and facilitating their entry, or re-entry, into the workforce is extraordinarily complex. While there are substantial benefits to society whenever persons returning from incarceration can be successfully positioned through their employment as productive citizens,…

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Employment Law Update

New State Immigration Law North Carolina Governor Bev Purdue signed legislation on June 24th to require employers and local governments to use E-Verify. House Bill 36 requires counties, cities and employers to to use the federal E-Verify program to verify the work authorization of newly hired employees, in a three step process that will apply…

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CORI checks and summer camps

closer look at its employees and the recreation director has been put on leave after town leaders said she didn’t get criminal background checks on the summer staff members. Background checks have not been done in the town for two years for high school and college students. Authorities said this is against the law. “I…

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Summer camp background checks

trustworthy? Parents need to be sure that the people they are entrusting their children with are responsible and honest, and background checks are the best way to do this. Depending on the state you are in, background checks may be a prerequisite for any individual applying to work on summer camps. One way to be…

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Florida repeals background checks for maritime workers

background checks for maritime workers, unannounced port inspections and the deployment of law enforcement officers. “We have lessened the security in Florida ports,” said Bill Janes, a former director of one of the state agencies that oversaw port security, the governor’s Office of Drug Control. “I think the state is taking a huge step backwards.”…

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Background checks for bus drivers

background checks for the criminal records of bus drivers on Thursday, shortly after another tour bus accident claimed the lives of four passengers. “Bus drivers literally hold their passengers´ lives and safety in their hands. Those passengers should be able to trust that the driver is qualified to handle that responsibility,” Senate bill sponsor Charles…

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MYB at Marketplace conference

Mind Your Business (MYB) CEO Karen Caruso, as she stopped off at the Marketplace Conference in Durham, N.C. for futher recognition on what has been a fantastic year for MYB. Marketplace is a biennial regional “reverse” trade show that allows small business owners the opportunity to meet contracting officers from over 50 federal, state, and…

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Background checks for RAs a reality

Bernard “Junior” Morris being arrested on more than a dozen charges. Police said surveillance cameras were found in students’ apartments following spring break and Morris, a 23-year-old former resident assistant at the university was seen entering the female students’ rooms during the break. The mother of one of the victims was calling for background checks…

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