Excerpted from a Reason blog by Christina Britschgi In August 2017, Seattle made it illegal for landlords to decline potential tenants because of their criminal history, or even to perform a criminal background check on people looking to rent...
Read MoreBackground screening company defeats FCRA claim
Excerpted from Lexology.com report A district court in Ohio dismissed a plaintiff’s claims under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq., because he could not show that the report caused him an injury or that the background...
Read MoreFlorida laws don’t stop private schools from hiring felons
Excerpted from orlandosentinel.com, by Annie Martin and Leslie Postal Shanqual Marshall-Gunn, banned from teaching in Florida public schools because of a Medicaid fraud conviction, was hired by a private school in Pine Hills a month after her...
Read MoreDrug Screening – what you use is detectable on your fingerprints
Excerpted from The Atlantic story by Rod McCullom A raft of sensitive new fingerprint-analysis techniques is proving to be a potentially powerful, and in some cases worrying, new avenue for extracting intimate personal information—including what...
Read MoreMA state under pressure to expand background checks
Excerpted from gloucestertimes.com story by Christian M. Wade Workers at summer camps, preschools and day care centers that get federal grants may soon need to be fingerprinted and subjected to national criminal background checks. A plan filed by...
Read MoreU.S. Justice releases survey on criminal record repositories
Excerpted from brbpublications.com, by Michael Sankey Employers and state occupation licensing boards often depend on states’ criminal record repositories as primary resources when performing a criminal record background checks. However...
Read MoreGroupOne visiting OKHR Conference in Tulsa
GroupOne Background Screening representatives will be hosting a booth during the Oklahoma Human Resources State Conference and Expo, April 24-26 at the Hard Rock Hotel in Tulsa Oklahoma. This year’s OKHR Conference will connect you to valuable...
Read MoreAPSE pans new USA Wrestling background check policy for journalists
Excerpted from the Durango Herald story by Luke Meredith The Associated Press Sports Editors organization has recommended that its members refrain from covering USA Wrestling events after the federation said it will now require journalists to...
Read MoreU.S. Youth Soccer facing legal challenge over background checks
Excerpted from the Orange County Register story by Scott M. Reid In 2005, U.S. Youth Soccer, the nation’s largest youth sports organization, conducted a survey of its 55 state associations on background checks of coaches, club employees and...
Read MoreUber increases safety efforts with 911 connection
Uber is increasing safety with new features that will assist passengers in possibly dangerous situations and a promise to vet its drivers more closely. Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi announced the updates last week, which include an emergency button...
Read MoreNAPBS releases results of national background screening survey
The National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS) commissioned HR.com to conduct an unprecedented national survey of 2,137 human resources professionals to gauge their views on background screening. Results are in as employers...
Read MoreGroupOne teams with PARA for healthcare analytics
GroupOne Background Screening and PARA HealthCare Analytics are pleased to announce a strategic partnership effective immediately. The teaming is expected to benefit GroupOne clients by enhancing the value it offers its partners through the wide...
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