criminal background checks
EEOC issues new background check guidelines for employers
Employee fraud increases by 41% in twelve months
Fraud Type Jan To Dec 2010 Jan To Dec 2011 % Change Account Fraud 40 43 7.5% Dishonest action by staff to obtain a benefit by theft or deception 156 220 41.0% Employment application fraud (successful) 14 18 28.6% Employment application fraud (unsuccessful) 91 83 -8.8% Unlawful obtaining or disclosure of…
Read MorePolice computer checks downed for five hours in Virginia
Hampton Roads. State police reported the problem to the Virginia Information Technologies Agency around 1:30 p.m., spokeswoman Corinne Geller said. The network remained down until around 6:30 p.m., when most features were restored. In the meantime, troopers didn’t know if the person they pulled over was wanted by police, if the car was stolen or…
Read MoreUpdate on NJ school district background checks
we reported how 350 school board members across New Jersey were told to resign their positions immediately after failing to complete a criminal background check now mandated by state law. In an update on this story, the New Jersey Department of Education is still holding off releasing information related to all of the 4,702 board member…
Read MoreBlack Friday: All-time high for background checks
all-time one-day high for background check requests from gun buyers last Friday. There were 129,166 requests to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS)–a third more than the previous record of 97,848 on Black Friday 2008, FBI spokesman Stephen Fischer said. On Black Friday last year, there were 87,061 requests. This shows a huge…
Read MoreEEOC proposes ban on retail background checks
pre-employment screening industry, as the EEOC looks to ban criminal background checks on job applicants and current employees in the restaurant industry, as part of the applicant background check. EEOC Chair Jacqueline Berrian stated in a press release regarding this proposal on employment verification: “We had the opportunity to add to our knowledge of this…
Read MoreBackground check policy: where to start
How criminal background checks affect employment
Although advisors are promising that as a country we are recovering from the economic downturn of 2009 and 2010, unemployment is as big an issue as ever. With so many job seekers, companies are in a position where they can really pick and choose who they hire for a vacant position. Part of this is…
Read MoreBackground screening reveals N.C. felonies
background screening on a man in Virginia Beach discovered he was wanted in Currituck County, N.C. James E. Hill, 21, is charged with felony receiving stolen goods and a misdemeanor charge of providing a false name to police. Last week, officers were dispatched to a parking lot due to some disorderly individuals making excessive noise.…
Read MoreBackground checks for school volunteers
criminal background checks for its parent volunteers for the first time this year. While the background checks will be left up to the discretion of the principle of each school, it seems that such a rule is a step forward in our need to make society safer for our children. There is no place safety…
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