Excerpted from Fox21News By Brandon Thompson When Colorado Department of Human Services investigators inspected the Play Mountain Place daycare on Wednesday, they found more violations than what the original complaint reported. Employees did not...
Read MoreProposed bill may require background checks on delivery drivers
Excerpted from Supply & Demand Chain Executive By MacKenna Moralez After a woman in Boca Raton, Florida was murdered in her home by a delivery driver, a proposed bill would require background checks on delivery personnel. In August, Evelyn...
Read MoreEmployers are still avoiding former inmates
Excerpted from The Atlantic By Margaret Barthel Dozens of states and D.C. have restricted when companies can ask about job applicants’ criminal records—but many aren’t following the rules. DeVaughn Bell had been home in Washington, D.C., from...
Read MoreBerkeley considers removing criminal background checks from housing applications
Excerpted from KRON4 By Noelle Belllow “When you get ready to get married, you scrutinize,” Jim Smith said. “Well a tenant is almost like getting married. That person might be in your life for the next 20 years, so you really scrutinize very...
Read MoreThe value of background screening
Blog by Danny Davila, Executive Director of GroupOne Background Screening In most organization, it is understood that Human Resources is not considered a revenue driver. Some experts consider it expendable, recommending the outsourcing of talent...
Read MoreTrue inclusion gets everyone in the game
Excerpted from The SHRM Blog By Emily M. Dickens, JD. Last week, SHRM hosted its sold-out 2019 Inclusion Conference—formerly Diversity & Inclusion. We welcomed over 1,000 workforce professionals to New Orleans to explore the theme of...
Read MoreAlderman wants to ‘ban the box’ about criminal history from all job applications in St. Louis
Excerpted from ksdk.com By Sara Machi Collins-Muhammad’s plan doesn’t prohibit hiring managers from asking about criminal history in interviews or doing a background check. John Collins-Muhammad said he personally knows people who...
Read More“Party houses” will get you banned from Airbnb
Excerpted from MarketWatch By Meera Jagannathan Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky this weekend announced new directives aimed at rooting out unauthorized parties after a Halloween “party house” shooting in Orinda, Calif., resulted in five deaths. A woman...
Read MoreDollar General reaches settlement with EEOC in background check suit
Excerpted from Lexology By Littler Mendelson PC Employers should continue to exercise caution and care in drafting their criminal record screening policies. A recent settlement by Dollar General underscores this point, even though it comes on the...
Read MoreIllinois haunted houses must follow fire marshal rules
Excerpted from Morris Herald News By Submitted Report It’s that time of year again – scary sounds, darkened corridors, creepy clowns, lots of screaming. Haunted house season is here. And in Illinois, haunted house attractions need a permit to...
Read MoreSchool lifts Halloween festivities ban
Excerpted from WILX10 News By Megan Hiler Halloween is back on the calendar at a local school that was planning on canceling it. NEWS 10 started looking into complaints from parents about a costume and party ban at the Galewood Elementary in...
Read MoreTN – Background Check required prior to entering infamous haunted house
Excerpted from Local 10 News By Jeff Tavss The scariest haunted house in the U.S. will give you $20,000 if you finish the tour but be warned… you must sign a 40-page waiver, have a doctor’s note and pass a physical to even enter...
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