Archive for April, 2011

Match.Com to Run Background Checks on Dating Site Members

Sex offenders need not apply to Match.com for a membership.   Since the reported sexual assault, Match.com will be conducting background checks on its membership.  An article in the Gothamist describe the unsavory and violent ordeal a woman experienced having agreed to go out with a man on Match.com.     The article said the man had [...]

Background Checks and Dating Sites

As a background screening service, we are occasionally approached by dating sites, asking if we will offer to their members criminal records background checks.   The idea is, of course, that those looking for romance will feel more secure in their choices, having conducting at least a cursory background check on the romantic interest. What [...]

A Great Drugs in the Workplace Story

Most employers who conduct drug tests as a background check for their employment screening do so only at the time hire.  There are exceptions of course, and then there are the exceptions where drug tests are mandated for contractors who are working at hospitals, defense industry related companies, or with companies who otherwise have federal [...]

Texas May Vote Okay On Bringing Your Gun To Work

There are certain news stories we one cannot help but muse on all the absurd potentialities.  One such story is one that came through a news letter to which I subscribe.   It  is an article in The Republic, in Columbus Indiana, where it reports that the Texas Legislature may allow employees to bring their [...]