Hiring care givers without conducting background checks has long been a subject of controversy.   Part of the controversial is over how many staffing agencies either fail to conduct background checks on their prospective employees or they run such shoddy background checks that many care givers and healthcare workers with criminal convictions slip through the cracks.  These are care givers that [...]

The Colorado Marijuana Law, allowing citizens pot for medical use, never did address certain issues.  The main issue that comes back to bite employers is how they should deal with employees who are under the influence of marijuana in the work place.  While the law prohibits actual pot smoking in the work place, for medical [...]

Unless you have been living on another planet for the past year, you are probably aware that Amy Bishop was the University of Alabama, Huntsville,  college professor accused of shooting killing three of our colleagues and wounding three others.   Bishop was allegedly concerned she would be receiving bad performances reviews that would adversely affect [...]

Most employers consider conducting motor vehicle driving records as background checks for their preemployment screening program.  Trucking and transpiration companies must maintain Department of Transportation or DOT compliance standards by ordering MVRs on their drivers at least once every twelve months.   So the DMV for employers is a busy place. So it comes as a bit [...]