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. And for good reason! Today, studies show 33% of...
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Excerpted from VentureBeat by Kyle Wiggers Lyft is beefing up its driver background check process with two new features it says are intended to “[improve] the safety and security of [its] platform.” It today announced continuous background checks...
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Excerpted from a Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP blog by Karen Jennings Evans and Robert T. Dumbacher The presence of alcohol in offices has ebbed and flowed over time and largely depended on the type of business, from drink carts in advertising...
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Excerpted from a Bismarck Tribune story by Blair Emerson Child care providers in North Dakota were left scrambling to comply with a new federal requirement mandating all staff and volunteers complete a fingerprint-based background check before...
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Excerpted from a blog by Kathleen Porter of Robinson+Cole LLP. With more companies hiring over the past year, online recruiting scams have re-emerged to prey on job seekers and employers. The Better Business Bureau tracked more than 3,000...
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Excerpted from an Associated Press news story A review of Chicago Public Schools’ background checks prompted by a newspaper investigation has resulted in nearly 130 school district employees being terminated, recommended for dismissal or...
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Excerpted from a McBrayer McGinnis Leslie & Kirkland PLLC blog by Lisa English Hinkle The #MeToo movement has sparked a momentous conversation in American life, but the pressure on the healthcare industry to address workplace harassment has...
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Excerpted from a Lexology blog by Stinson Leonard Street LLP On October 11, 2018, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a memorandum entitled Clarification of OSHA’s Position on Workplace Safety Incentive Programs...
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Excerpted from a FOX 10 Arizona news story PHOENIX (AP/KSAZ) — Arizona officials have moved to revoke the licenses for a nonprofit that houses immigrant children after it missed a deadline to show that all its employees passed background checks...
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The hijacking of an empty commercial airliner at Seattle’s SeaTac Airport on August 10 suggests an urgent need to review pre-employment background screening policies. When an event this shocking occurs, one involving supposed weak screening...
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The National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS) released the results of its second annual background screening survey of Human Resources (HR) professionals this week revealing 95 percent of employers said their organization...
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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...
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