No background checks on men working with kids, city says

Excerpted from NJ Advance Media By Karen Yi The Newark employees charged for their alleged roles in a 12-person drug trafficking ring run out of a recreation center should have […]
Startup’s nuanced background check helps ex-offenders get jobs

Excerpted from a Forbes story by Anne Field The cards clearly are stacked against formerly imprisoned inmates once they try to re-enter the mainstream. Employers often simply won’t hire ex-offenders, […]
Continuous background checks a growing safety trend

With such high-profile incidents as an Uber Eats driver in Atlanta who allegedly shot and killed a customer in February, employers have increasingly been inspired to root out problematic employees. […]
Oakland County bans criminal history box on government applications

Excerpted from The Oakland Press By Mark Cavitt Oakland County has “banned the box.” On June 12, the county board of commissioners approved a resolution, by party line vote, that […]