Excerpted from a New York Post story by Bruce Golding, Rich Calder and Max Jaeger The city’s child-welfare department has for years failed to conduct required criminal background checks on prospective employees — such as the convicted murderer...
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Excerpted from a Women’s Health story by Korin Miller Even if you’ve never touched an illicit drug, it’s easy for the paranoid part of your brain to worry that somehow, some way, something is going to show up on a drug test. Unfortunately...
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Excerpted from a CNBC story by Natalie Daher In April, Uber announced it will be tightening background checks for its drivers. This comes after a stream of sexual misconduct allegations within the company and more than 100 Uber drivers allegedly...
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Excerpted from kctv5.com story by Kelli Taylor Not long ago the city approved an ordinance removing criminal history off of job applications for Kansas City employers. On Thursday, they voted to take salary history off applications for city jobs...
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Excerpted from a WVLT.TV post by Amanda Ferguson Wednesday was the first day of school for Maryville City Schools in Knoxville, Tennessee. All seven schools have a new security system. When it comes to school safety, parents said they want their...
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Excerpted from a KPIX CBS story The San Francisco district attorney is suing Angie’s List for false advertising with regards to background checking their service providers, according to a civil complaint released Tuesday. The website...
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Excerpted from a Lexington Herald-Leader story by Valarie Honeycutt Spears A Kentucky law with “good intentions” is causing serious problems for school districts around the state, just as teachers and staff prepare for the beginning of the school...
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Excerpted from an SHRM Blog by Paul Wolfe In order to achieve workplace diversity, it must be promoted, embraced and executed by all levels of an organization. I like how Amerah Egab, Brand Manager at Tucows (a Toronto-based tech company)...
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The National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS) announced this week it would pursue litigation in Arkansas against the District Court of Benton County – Bentonville Division. The decision was made after multiple attempts by...
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GroupOne Background Screening’s flag is flying half-mast today as we learned the sad news of the passing of Doris Dennis on July 22. Doris was the former director of GroupOne from 1995 until her retirement in 2007. She led a storied life...
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Excerpted from a Top Class Actions blog by Anne Bucher A $1.19 million settlement has been proposed in a class action lawsuit alleging Pepsi Beverages Company (PBC) violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) by procuring background reports for...
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GroupOne Background Screening will be hosting Booth #21 during the Austin Human Resource Management Association (AHRMA) Annual Conference, July 26-27 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Austin, Texas. This year’s AHRMA Conference is sold out, though a...
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