A drug test, accompanied by a background check, is a standard aspect of pre-employment screening; after all, an employer has the right to know whether or not an individual is consistently reliable and ready to work. But should the same type of procedure be in schools? An article published recently in the Kansas City Star [...]

Certain states require background checks for employees that work directly with the most vulnerable citizens: children, the elderly, and the disabled. Such background checks are de rigueur for teachers, daycare workers, home healthcare workers, nurses, and aides. But ice cream truck workers? Such a bill was introduced recently in Iowa and passed in the state [...]

When we last discussed mental health in relation to gun background checks, we talked about the Fix Gun Checks Act, proposed by the Senate a month ago. If passed, the bill requires all states to report mental health history to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). Presently, not all states report this information, [...]

Having a background check conducted during an application process is part of the course for job candidates regardless of field, but as we have seen, not all background checks are the same, particularly for individuals that come in direct contact with children, the elderly, and the disabled. But what about periodic employee background checks? In [...]