Archive for July, 2011

Washington D.C. Slowdown in County Background Checks Due to Staff Cuts

I guess it shouldn’t come as a shock that there are cutbacks in government.  Just about every county courthouse has cut back on staff, reducing the workforce inside the county courthouses.  This has caused slight delays when conducting background checks for most county criminal and country civil records. Washignton D.C. is no exception.  Considering the [...]

Workplace Violence at Federal VA Hospitals

Not long ago I was part of a program on workplace violence.  The program was produced at Cal State University Dominguez Hills and was hosted by Donna El-Armale who is an instructor at Cal State Dominguez and has a private practice as a psychologist as well. Having discussed and written about workplaceviolence at length it [...]

The Massachusetts CORI Reform Law Exemplifies the Reviews Required for Background Checks

A good article from Elaine Varelas of  the Job Doc in the Boston Globe or Boston.com as it is known.  A job applicant wrote her asking, basically, if an open container misdemeanor from 2008 would nullify his employment candidacy.   Not  necessarily the crime of the century, but an open container is a serious enough offense [...]

The Need for Healthcare Worker’s Background Checks

The quantity of abuses found in healthcare are legion.   It’s really kind of nuts when you allow for abuses against the elderly and children,  theft, be it stealing for patients or stealing drugs.   There is physical abuse and mental abuse.   In some cases, patients enter healthcare facilities and emerge perhaps in worst shape than [...]