Excerpted from hngnews.com, by Jennifer Fetterly The City of Sun Prairie wants more people of color, different ethnic backgrounds and women to apply for city jobs to diversify its workforce. To do that city officials want to stop...
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Excerpted from The Tribune story by Tyler Silvy The Greeley City Council on Tuesday directed city staff to conduct national background checks on city council candidates going forward, and asked staff to develop tougher, more punitive language on...
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Excerpted from mcknightsseniorliving.com, by Lois A. Bowers More thorough background checks would be required of all Georgia assisted living community owners, workers with direct access to residents and applicants for jobs with duties that would...
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Excerpted from a Lexology post by Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP Why it matters The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) guidance on the use of background checks will remain on hold in Texas after a federal court judge granted...
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Excerpted from Westword article by Michael Roberts Denver’s National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws branch is taking part in a lobbying day at the Colorado State Capitol during which lawmakers will get the chance to learn...
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Excerpted from Tristate Homepage article by Stuart Hammer The Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corporation has 3,400 employees and state law requires everyone to pass a background check. School leaders say it is a solid process – but it may not be...
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Excerpted from eckvilleecho.com, by Megan Roth The Alberta Government is preparing for the legalization of marijuana later this year by putting in place strict rules for retailers. The Province announced today at a press conference the rules and...
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Does your company have a background screening process in place? Do you sometimes wonder if it’s as effective as it should be? Here at GroupOne Background Screening, we’ve noticed that while companies across the U.S. have background screening...
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Excerpted from a Forbes article The hiring process is long, involved and expensive. There are a lot of different hoops to jump through, including creating an ad that draws in the right candidates, sorting through a horde of resumes — not all of...
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Excerpted from an Argus Leader story by Jonathan Ellis The Bureau of Indian Education is failing to provide adequate criminal background checks on employees and volunteers working with Native American children, a federal audit has found. The...
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Excerpted from KHON2 post by Elyssa Arevalo Lawmakers are looking for change, pointing to the death of “Peter Boy” Kema and a more recent case involving a Hawaii island girl who was starved to death. Their proposal would make sure children who...
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Excerpted from a Washington Post story by Aaron Gregg The federal government’s sluggish process for clearing workers to handle classified data is drawing new concern from government auditors, industry groups and at least one member of Congress...
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