Background checks are a standard employment procedure. While pre-employment screenings are familiar, employee background checks – also called “routine background checks” – are also conducted but are not as common. Employee background checks for local Navy contactors in Virginia, however, resulted in many workers losing their jobs. At the same time, the company, LB&B, provided [...]

How hard is it to become a volunteer these days? Not as easy as it used to be. For volunteering at schools and nonprofits, background checks are recommended in order to weed out criminals who would come in contact with children, the elderly, or the disabled. At the same time, background checks are expensive and [...]

When was the last time you went on a blind date, a true blind date in which you knew very little about the other person you were about to meet and spend a few hours with? Probably 1997. These days, even before the first coffee date, both individuals want to be moderately knowledgeable of the [...]

How much does it matter to you if your local, state, or national leaders have criminal histories? What if the criminal histories involved embezzlement or jail time? While the people haven’t spoken up, State Rep. Scott Slater of Rhode Island proposed a bill requiring all candidates running for office to submit to background checks. Each [...]

Glendale, Calif., presently has a long list for federal affordable housing vouchers, and as a proposal to shorten it, the city may start running criminal background checks on those currently receiving Section 8. If the proposal goes through, the city may start screening the 4,400 individuals who currently receive help to find violators. Residents can [...]