How is the government shutdown affecting employers?
Excerpted from a Graydon Head & Ritchey LLP blog by Lee Geiger The government shutdown is entering yet another week with no end in sight. About 800,000 federal employees have […]
New bill raises employment privacy concerns
Excerpted from dailyillini.com post by Madalyn Velasaris Employers in Illinois may soon get notifications if a fingerprinted employee gets in trouble with the law anywhere within the United States. The […]
Government auditor says background check process is at ‘high risk’
Excerpted from a Washington Post story by Aaron Gregg The federal government’s sluggish process for clearing workers to handle classified data is drawing new concern from government auditors, industry groups […]
Incomplete background check? Soon that might not block concealed weapons permit.
Excerpted from a Miami Herald article by Steve Bousquet Lawmakers want to rewrite Florida’s concealed weapons law so that people can get gun licenses even when criminal background checks are […]