For those  employers ordering Vermont country criminal records as background checks for their employment screening program, please take note of the modifications to the reports… A recent adjustment to our Vermont Search provider has resulted in a minor change to how we report “Consecutive Cases” found in Vermont. Consecutive cases are found within the [...]

I was just reading an article in the Los Angeles Times where the California State Workers Compensation Insurance Fund is planning to lay off 1,800 employees or thirty percent of its workforce. Tom Rowe, Chief of Staff of the State Compensation Insurance Fund says they are severely overstaffed.  This is the fund that is the insurer [...]

Having been burned by an embarrassing and disturbing  sexual assault incident, Match.com has agreed to conduct background checks on its members.   According to the article in the Daily Pilot a woman was raped on her second date with a Match.com partner.  As it turns out, the assailant had six prior sexual assault convictions.   [...]

Here is a refreshing and informative article on background checks.  Robin Paggi, on Bakersfield.Com, has written a how to for those who wish to conduct employment screening.  Rather than delve into the potential dark side and discriminatory practices sometimes associated with background checks, Paggi gets to the point in listing employment screening procedure.  She takes [...]