When you are a massage parlor in Minnesota, you would think you would have your ducks in a row to pass the necessary background checks.   Not in this case.  According to the Savage Pacer,  Oriental Massage was denied the necessary approval to open its doors. As with employment candidates, when the education verifications come up [...]

Medical marijuana is a hot button issue.  It is even more of a hot button issue when you consider whether employees can be dismissed or not on grounds their background checks or drug tests reveal they have been using medical marijuana.   At best the guidelines for medical marijuana use in regard to the workplace [...]

This is a curious case.  A Sioux County Sheriff was denied entry into the Nebraska Law Enforcement Center Reciprocity Training Program.  According to the Chadron Record, the sheriff’s background check was incomplete.   The article notes that to be admitted to the reciprocity center, the candidate must be certified in Nebraska.  It seems that the sheriff [...]

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s gun control group is pushing hard for background checks to be conducted for those buying firearms at gun shows.   This is a hot button issue, with both sides of the entrenched in their respective beliefs. According to the New York Daily News,  Mayors Against Illegal Guns is running ais spending [...]