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backgroundchecks.com Legislation and Compliance Update: Seattle to Decide Whether to Ban the Box Compliance and Legislation

backgroundchecks.com Legislation and Compliance Update: Seattle to Decide Whether to Ban the Box

Seattle’s Public Safety, Civil Rights and Technology committee is expected to vote on the proposed Work Assistance ordinance in January 2013. If passe...

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U.S. District Court Dismisses FCRA Lawsuit Against Home Depot FCRA Compliance

U.S. District Court Dismisses FCRA Lawsuit Against Home Depot

California’s Central District U.S. District Court made headlines last month by dismissing an FCRA lawsuit against Home Depot. Per a report from The Na...

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Philadelphia is another City to Join Ban the Box Trend Ban The Box

Philadelphia is another City to Join Ban the Box Trend

Very often, when you apply for a job, there is a box on the application which must be checked if you have ever been arrested or convicted. This lets e...

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Why Employee Background Checks Are Vital for Airlines Employment

Why Employee Background Checks Are Vital for Airlines

Each day, the Federal Aviation Administration’s Air Traffic Organization services 44,000 flights and 2.7 million passengers. Commercial aviation is a ...

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Do Consulting Companies Do Background Checks? Contractors

Do Consulting Companies Do Background Checks?

What should you expect from the background checks at consulting companies? The answer will vary depending on the business. “Consulting firm,” “consult...

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How Do Reference Checks Work? Background checks for employers

How Do Reference Checks Work?

In conversations about pre-employment background checks, work history verifications and reference checks are often lumped into the same category. In r...

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Background Checks Required for OU College of Education Students School and Education

Background Checks Required for OU College of Education Students

Last semester, OU student Christopher Flores was charged with lewd acts against a child during the field teaching required for his major. This inciden...

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How much does a background check cost? Background Screening 101

How much does a background check cost?

Usually, when someone asks about this cost, they are referring to the cost of the most common type of pre-employment investigation: the criminal repor...

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Keeping Your Credit Score Safe During Pandemic Pressures Credit Checks

Keeping Your Credit Score Safe During Pandemic Pressures

With record unemployment numbers, tens of millions of workers are now without regular access to a paycheck. As some states struggle to process unemplo...

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HomeAdvisor.com Background Checks Not As Comprehensive As Customers Are Led to Believe Contractors

HomeAdvisor.com Background Checks Not As Comprehensive As Customers Are Led to Believe

Thinking about renovating your home and hiring a contractor to handle the work? You should use caution when hiring contractors through HomeAdvisor.com...

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Georgia Senate Votes in Favor of New Expungement Bill Expungement

Georgia Senate Votes in Favor of New Expungement Bill

Expungement could soon be considerably easier for Georgia citizens. A bill recently passed by the Georgia State Senate would expand the circumstances ...

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What is a Misdemeanor vs. a Felony? Understanding the Difference Misdemeanors

What is a Misdemeanor vs. a Felony? Understanding the Difference

What is a misdemeanor? What's a felony? Explore the difference between these criminal terms you may encounter on an employment background check.

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