A Clean Slate—to What Effect?
Excerpted from a City Journal Blog by Robert VerBruggen In recent years, legislators and advocates have repeatedly sought to make people with criminal records more employable, including by wiping out […]
Finding work remains a struggle with a criminal record
Excerpted from an NBC News Story by Shannon Pettypiece For nearly three years, Tonya Jones went on one job interview after another, only to be passed over for positions and […]
Background check company’s faulty report leads to trial
We ran across an interesting case in San Diego this week. Specifically, a background screening company will face trial over claims it produced an inaccurate and outdated report that led […]
Proposed bill would require background checks for all contractors
Excerpted from an NBC Boston 10 story by Ryan Kath Proposed legislation that would require background checks of contractors who register in Massachusetts and would provide more money for consumers […]