With an economy in the downturn, eveyrone is trying to cut corners.  But sometimes when you cut corners the few bucks you save up front may result in a series of consequences, not the least of them being expensive litigation.   In the case of residential care homes in Oklahoma, background checks are mandated for the [...]

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We all pretty much know that nursing is not an easy job.   Nurses work hard for their money.   Nurses also have to endure verbal abuse and physical threats.   According to the article in The Times of India, sixty-nine percent of the nurses say they have been physically threatened.  Fifty-two percent of the nurses interviewed  claim [...]

A local libertarian in Colorado is advocating the the background checks for firearms be delegated to the FBI and not the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. According to an article in the Denver Daily News, the CBI has its known has been conducting background checks, but now the idea is to reduce the budget by turning [...]

As most employers know, they should not access or consider arrest records in background checks when assessing an employment candidate.   Which means the job candidate could have been arrested dozens of times, but as long as he wasn’t convicted, this history of arrests should not be considered or included in his background check. Now obviously [...]

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