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Members of Air Force Sexual Assault Prevention Unit Didn't Face Background Checks, Go through Training Sexual Misconduct

Members of Air Force Sexual Assault Prevention Unit Didn't Face Background Checks, Go through Training

The Air Force Sexual Assault Prevention & Response program is designed to combat sexual assault in the United States military, and to work with victim...

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The Debate about Tenant Background Checks Real Estate

The Debate about Tenant Background Checks

Should landlords be free to run tenant background checks and make decisions based on details such as criminal history? This question is at the center ...

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Crimes And Criminal Records Criminal background check

Crimes And Criminal Records

Search your criminal records on backgroundchecks.com. Frequently asked questions and answers about criminal records. Read more.

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Adapting to the Realities of Job Screening During a Pandemic Background Screening 101

Adapting to the Realities of Job Screening During a Pandemic

If there was a talent crunch before the outbreak of COVID-19, its severity has doubled since. For employers, the challenge of hiring the best individu...

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High School Grounds Worker Assault Case Proves that Threats are Still Finding a Way onto Campus School and Education

High School Grounds Worker Assault Case Proves that Threats are Still Finding a Way onto Campus

One of the biggest trends in the background check industry over the past few years has been a campaign to make schools safer and more secure. In the w...

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DEA Declines to Reschedule Marijuana Drug Screening

DEA Declines to Reschedule Marijuana

On August 12, 2016, the Drug Enforcement Agency announced that it would not reschedule marijuana, leaving it as a Schedule 1 controlled substance for ...

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Drug Testing Policies Drug Screening

Drug Testing Policies

On October 30, 2014, backgroundchecks.com issued a compliance update on the subject of drug testing and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Sin...

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How Much Does a Criminal Background Check Cost Criminal background check

How Much Does a Criminal Background Check Cost

If you are conducting a criminal background check—whether on yourself or a prospective employee—one of your top questions is probably, “how much does ...

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Connecticut Passes the Amended Ban the Box Bill Ban The Box

Connecticut Passes the Amended Ban the Box Bill

The modified “Ban the Box” bill states, “No employer shall inquire about a prospective employee’s prior arrests, criminal charges, or convictions on a...

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Are Universities Doing Enough When it Comes to Background Checks School and Education

Are Universities Doing Enough When it Comes to Background Checks

Ever since the Penn State and Syracuse scandals came to light, colleges and universities across the country have been asked if they are doing enough w...

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Food Trucks Still Face an Uncertain Business & Regulatory Environment Contractors

Food Trucks Still Face an Uncertain Business & Regulatory Environment

Food trucks are far from a novelty—mobile food vendors operate everywhere from Alaska to Idaho. However, just a decade ago, they were primarily limite...

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Ban the Box: 2023 Update Ban The Box

Ban the Box: 2023 Update

Banning the box legislation has been the top trend to watch in background checks and hiring for a decade and counting. Despite significant state and l...

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