Archive for 2011
New background check law could see teachers fired
Reuters. The law, signed by Governor Tom Corbett in June, went into effect in September and mandates background checks for all employees of public, private and vocational schools. Administrators must notify employees of the law and have them return a form reporting any criminal history by December 27. “Our focus now is on helping our…
Read MoreThe history of drug testing
Mind Your Business, Inc. now on Twitter
here! If you’re a follower of our blog, you might recall our post recently declaring our presence on Facebook – and it’s a pleasure to now be expanding our social presence onto Twitter too. Mashable published an interesting post last month on the progress Twitter has made – which proved our move onto the platform as…
Read MoreRural North Carolina hit hardest by down economy
new unemployment data released by the N.C. Employment Security Commission last week—and worse may be coming as spending cuts in the recently passed state budget slowly phase in over the coming months. The above table shows the hardest hit areas – with the key indicating that the average rural unemployment rate is 1% higher than…
Read MoreResidents angry hiring goes ahead without background check
background check still pending. This particular situation is going on in DeFuniak Springs, Florida – where city council members say they’re still on-track to hire new city manager Mike Standley next Monday, even though a background check may not be completed by then. Some residents were already upset the council agreed to hire Mike Standley…
Read MoreUnemployment troubles may last five more years
said this week. This prediction has significant consequences across the whole of society, as well as in the employment screening industry specifically. “We have reached the moment of truth,” Raymond Torres, director of the ILO’s Geneva-based International Institute for Labour Studies unit, said in an e-mailed report this week. “We have a brief window of…
Read MoreKaren Caruso keynote speaker at 2011 Women's Business Conference
Pre-employment screening: how to get started
background checks and pre-employment screening – knowing that such checks can protect their company and employees. However, the first hurdle is often the biggest. In this case, it’s getting started. So here are a few tips for businesses to take notice of – how to get started with pre-employment screening: Find a pre-employment screening service…
Read MoreIllegal immigrant became sheriff despite background check
background check when he applied to be a cadet at the age of 14 in 2005, Sheriff’s investigator Bill House said last week. It is quite an astounding discovery to see such a breach of trust for a position of lawful authority. Wilmar Arnulfo Perez, 20, was charged with a felony count of criminal impersonation…
Read MoreDrug testing for welfare recipients: Update
implementing it in May only for others to be calling for the law to be repealed a couple of months later. In what has surely been one of the most controversial years for the welfare system, where do we stand now as we head towards 2012? Currently, 36 states have implemented welfare drug testing –…
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