Posts Tagged ‘FBI background checks’
National Employment Law Project Reports that Millions of FBI Background Checks Are Inaccurate
If a company conducts a background check on you, how often will the information dug up be accurate? While employers and employees take these screening procedures seriously and base entire hiring decisions on them, a recent report from the National Employment Law Project, released on July 30, states that far more inaccuracies than you realize…
Read MoreDifferent Background Checks, Different Results
On many occasions, we talk about the disparity in results from a state-level background check and with those from a national one. Education and employment history aside, state-level background checks do not always give a full picture of an individual’s criminal history. On a basic level, such a background check may only examine criminal records…
Read MoreWithheld Background Check Information for South Florida Private Security Companies
In the past, we’ve mentioned that positions involving work with children, the elderly, or the disabled should have thorough FBI background checks; not all states require this, however, and as a result, a convicted felon may end up working in a daycare center or nursing home. But what if the job position is for guarding…
Read MoreShould FBI Background Checks Be Mandatory for All Utility Workers?
FBI background checks are already given to many teachers; workers coming in contact with children, the elderly, and the disabled; and government employees, but should they also extend to utility workers? New York Senator Charles Schumer thinks they should be and proposed such legislation recently. Currently, only workers at nuclear plants undergo such extensive screenings.…
Read MoreFingerprinting Teachers in Texas
Fingerprinting is a newer technology in criminal background checks, as fingerprints can be matched at FBI and CJIS databases for thorough criminal history.
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