OR – Private schools not required to background check staff
Excerpted from a KATU-2 TV story by Joe Douglass At public schools, teachers and other staff members must undergo criminal background checks. But that’s not the case for private schools […]
State slaps large fine in background-check case against energy marketer
Excerpted from The Morning Call story by Anthony Salamone Energy supplier Vista Energy Marketing faces a record fine for hiring door-to-door salespeople without criminal background checks in a case stemming […]
Court rules gossip constitutes sex-based harassment
Excerpted from a Katz Marshall & Banks LLP blog by Matthew LaGarde The Fourth Circuit issued an important decision in February, holding that spreading rumors a female subordinate slept with […]
Pentagon faces questions about background screening of recruits
Excerpted from a Stars and Stripes story by Dan Lamothe A Pentagon program designed to screen potential recruits with foreign ties, including green-card holders and some U.S. citizens, has prompted […]