Archive for June, 2010

New York Courts To Increase County Criminal Background Check Fees

County Criminal searches are an essential background check for any employer’s preemployment screening program.   The County Criminal Records Search is the most exacting of criminal records searches as it will tell specifics about any criminal cases as well as provide to the employer any pending cases.  Nothing worst than hiring someone who is to be carted off to jail three [...]

Man Charged with Running a Background Check Scam

No matter what business, what industry, what section of society, there is always at least one charlatan to gum up the works.   In this case, according to an article on Action 3 News, in Omaha, Nebraska, a Bellevue man was charged with running a background check scam.   The man formed a company and then convinced people [...]

County Court Closings May Slow Background Checks

In case you have been asleep for the past couple of years, every state is hurting for money. There are budgetary concerns and some serious belt tightening operations.  Some states have order furloughs for employees and some states will close their courthouses on a periodic schedule. Court closures may delay background checks as the courts tend to see [...]

New Mexico May Start to Run Background Checks on Emergency Service Workers

There has been enough mayhem going on in the healthcare and caregiver sectors to cause enough worry for the oversight agencies.  There have been various reports and news articles, the most notable a joint study been Pro Publica and the Los Angeles Times, detailing how healthcare can find work, despite criminal histories and disciplinary actions [...]