By Staff reports The MetroWest Daily News Posted Jan 11, 2013 @ 02:39 PM Gov. Deval Patrick has signed a bill authorizing the Department of Early Education and Care and school districts to conduct fingerprint-supported national criminal history background checks on all teachers, school employees and early education providers in the state. Prior to [...]
LINTHICUM, Md. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration expects to issue new rules for medical examiners to address sleep apnea and other health conditions later this year, agency officials said. Sleep apnea is an important cause of fatigue, as Mary Gunnels, head of FMCSA™s Office of Medical Programs, said at the Sleep Apnea & Trucking [...]
So what should you be looking for in an employment screening company? First of all, look for longevity. The longer a company has been providing background checks, the more experienced it is, and as a result, the knowledge, they will have in recognizing the signs of a “suspect” applicant. This is a field where screeners [...]
As a Consumer Reporting Agency, APSCREEN is not authorized by law to purvey unverified information. APSCREEN has long led the fight against the use of Social Media in the hiring context for several reasons: a. No consent is usually given to use Social Media by the candidate, unless an expressed consent is given for an [...]
The EEOC received 99,922 charges of alleged discrimination in 2010, the highest number in recent history. As its workload has increased, the commission has sought greater funding so it can pursue cases in which employer hiring practices discriminate broadly against members of protected classes. Those practices include using criminal background checks and credit-history checks to [...]
Jason James Murphy, a convicted child molester, began cooperating with an LAPD investigation, as child protection advocates called for background checks for those with access to child actors. Read more
Well, there are a number of screening companies that ignore California Law, following only the Federal law which has lifted the time requirement. California is special in that it maintains a 7-year reporting limit on convictions and a violation of that rule is a big deal! One other thing that is nebulous, as a practice [...]
We’ve been providing comprehensive background checks for pre-employment screening for a long time and we wanted to share the top 5 tricks employment applicants are using to cheat drug tests. These pose real risks to employers and could lead to negligent hiring lawsuits. Rapid Detoxification — Many applicants will ingest anything from high quantities of [...]
San Francisco considers barring employers, landlords from inquiring about arrests or convictions – latimes.com Therein lies the rub – “which record belongs to the person I am interested in?” There is a tremendous amount of “data” but which of it applies? That is why there is VERY HEAVY regulation in the Consumer Reporting Industry, and [...]
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