Archive for the tag 'county criminal records'

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 [...]

Are Gun Permits the New Employment Background Check?

Some background checking and employment news is a lot more interesting than others.  The Post-Tribune, which supports the greater Chicago area, reported that the Portage, Indiana Police Chief believed that new rulings allowing employees  to carry weapons to the workplace, provided they keep them in their car, will not lead to more violence on the [...]

When the Background Check Doesn’t Do Its Job

There are background checks, and then there are background checks.  Not all background checks are created equal.  There are different levels of background screening where some searches are far more exacting or more comprehensive than others. And then there is the matter of the background screening service and the researcher who is actually conducting the [...]