Archive for the tag 'Background Checks'

Changes in Oregon Sex Offender Background Checks

Background Checks involving the sex offender registry can also be more complex that it first appears.  In some states a young man over eighteen have consensual sex with his girlfriend, who is, say, seventeen, can suffer the misfortune of having irate parents press charges, which results on his being placed on the sexual offender list.   I [...]

Employee Theft and the Need to Shop for Shoes

Sometimes background checks will filter out the potential red flag employment candidates, and sometimes an employee with a clean record will decide to great creative once they have a job they feel they can leverage illegally for personal gain.   Especially in times of a tough economy when money is short and people have outspent their [...]

A New Immigration Background Check Proposal…Carrying Your Passport

As the issue about immigration, illegal and otherwise, heats up beyond its already normal boil, I found Christopher Dickey’s posting in Newsweek to be most entertaining.   In his posting, Dickey suggests that all Americans carry their passports, whether they are inside or outside the country.   He admits he may be ugly in totalitarian [...]

Canadian Bill to Address Sex Offender Background Checks

The way the new Royal Canadian Mounted Police Director reads, it is conceivable that a pardoned sex offender could be working with children.   According to an article int he Toronto Sun a Minister of Provincial Parliament or MPP, introduced a private bill that asks to amend the current federal policy the restricts access to [...]