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 [...]

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 [...]

Since the shooting incident in Arizona where suspected shooter, Jared Loughner, that left six people dead and even more wounded,  and Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords fighting for her life, gun sales and background checks have increased in Arizona.  According to some reports, firearms purchases were up some sixty-odd percent as those gun buyers fearing stricter gun [...]

There are any number of reasons that people fall off the beam, turn violent, and start shooting up the workplace or,  for that matter, anywhere else.   None of the reasons are particular good reasons, although some in a psychological context are more understandable than others.     In an economic downturn, more employees are [...]