Excerpted from Gothamist By Amina Srna As New York’s legislature struggles to reach a consensus on how to legalize recreational marijuana, some lawmakers are also seeking to expand the state’s existing medical marijuana program, which is one of...
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Excerpted from The Fresno Bee By Tim Sheehan Papé Material Handling has settled a federal lawsuit filed on behalf of Hispanic employees at the company’s Fresno location who alleged that they were victims of harassment based on their ethnicity...
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Excerpted from KCRG By Josh Scheinblum The man police say drove the wrong way on Interstate 80 near West Branch has been charged in the accident. 60-year-old Leif McGowan was charged with driving on the wrong side of a two-way highway stemming...
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Excerpted from CBS News By Kris Van Cleave The airline pilot accused in three Kentucky murders served in the U.S. Army and Army Reserve for 20 years and had been found guilty of assault on a child under the age of 16 in 2016, CBS News has...
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Excerpted from The Daily Caller post by Evie Fordham An alleged Somali war criminal made it through Uber and Lyft’s background check systems, becoming a ride-share driver in the U.S. Yusuf Abdi Ali, a veteran of the Somali military, told...
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Excerpted from a Seyfarth Shaw LLP blog by Jennifer L. Mora While it has been a challenge for employers to keep up with the explosion of medical and recreational marijuana laws spreading across the nation, employers have taken some comfort in...
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GroupOne Background Screening is headed to two separate locations today in the Lone Star State. First stop is Houston for the Gulf Coast Symposium on HR Issues, May 15-17 at the NRG Center. They will also hit the road for Austin for Modern...
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Excerpted from Fox 46 By Matthew Grant A FOX 46 investigation has uncovered a reported flaw in the Census Bureau’s background check system. This comes after the discovery that a registered child sex offender was given a job with the...
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Excerpted from Mashable By Morgan Sung A family trip to Disney World came to a halt when a great-grandmother was arrested for carrying CBD oil, which her doctor recommended to ease her arthritis. Hester Burkhalter, 69, was arrested on Apr. 15 and...
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Excerpted from The Oklahoman By Paula Burkes Can you tell us more about the increasing popularity to include social media in background checks? Full disclosure: Social media was in its infancy when I was interviewing for my first job. MySpace was...
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Excerpted from HR Technologist By Marco Piovesan Unemployment claims have fallen to their lowest level in fifty years. This has been driven in part by the recent boom in the technology and gig industries. Finding work is faster and easier than...
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GroupOne Background Screening is headed north to the Oklahoma Human Resources Council (OKHR) Annual Conference & Expo, May 8-10 at the Embassy Suites in Norman, Oklahoma. The OKHR Conference will connect you to valuable resources and people...
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