http://www.hrscreener.com The Background Investigator. Your information resource for the background investigation industry. Dedicated to pre-employment screenings everywhere. Steve Brownstein, Publisher. http://www.hrscreener.com/_images/tbilogo.jpg http://www.hrscreener.com en Mon, 6 Feb 2012 04:40:30 GMT phyllisn@search4crime.com (HR Screener) garth@sightdesign.com (HR Screener) http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2125 http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2125 Gov. Andrew Cuomo outlined his proposal to expand New York's DNA database by requiring a DNA submission from all New Yorkers convicted of a felony or penal law misdemeanor. "DNA can be the key... Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2114 http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2114 Starting this year California employers will no longer be able to use those credit reports to judge a candidate. "It prohibits most employers from running credit checks on applicants unless it... Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2115 http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2115 Quebec Justice Minister Jean-Marc Fournier has tabled a bill to enact a new Code of Civil Procedure, the code containing the rules of procedure for civil suits in Quebec. As a starting point, the... Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2116 http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2116 A newly imposed rule restricting electronic access to Maricopa County Probate Court records means that cases cannot be reviewed without physically going to the clerk of court's office. The rule has... Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2117 http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2117 North Dakota's Supreme Court has endorsed allowing judges to block electronic access to state records of criminal prosecutions if the person accused is acquitted or the charges are dismissed. Jack... Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2118 http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2118 China has executed 12 people in a single day, including a man who bombed a local tax office. The official Xinhua News Agency says Liu Zhuiheng was convicted and sentenced to death for detonating... Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2119 http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2119 Infrastructure is king. Companies like AT&T and Verizon live and die by the wireless spectrum on which they operate, so when the FCC moved in November 2008 to release TV white space for... Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2120 http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2120 The Virginia Department of Heath launched a statewide Advance Health Care Directive Registry on Wednesday, Dec. 7, through a public-private partnership to allow its residents to upload and store... Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2121 http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2121 The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) called for a nationwide ban on nearly all use of personal electronic devices " including cellphones and smartphones " by drivers. The... Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2122 http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2122 If you want to know about the steps the department of Citizenship and Immigration Canada has taken to combat allegedly crooked consultants, you can read summaries on its website of the records it has... Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2113 http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2113 A Fargo surgeon accused of sedating a woman with the anesthetic Propofol and raping her in his home last June pleaded guilty Tuesday to felony reckless endangerment and a misdemeanor count of sexual... Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2124 http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2124 In a glowing review of the rising prevalence of high-tech big brother surveillance gadgets in police force use, the Associated Press reports that East Orange, New Jersey plans to cut crime by... Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2136 http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2136 by Steven Brownstein SecureWatch, an ADT dealer, takes steps to make sure job applicants don't have criminal backgrounds. The company was shocked when a brand-new door-to-door sales rep it had... Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2126 http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2126 Rather quietly last November, representatives from law enforcement agencies in all 21 counties gathered at the State Police Academy in Sea Girt to learn how to use stun guns. The training for county... Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2127 http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2127 by Justin Danhoff Over the last few weeks, I have been warning employers that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has invented a new form of discrimination that may place companies at risk... Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2128 http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2128 Number 1 Criminal Background Checks of Job Applicants by Employers Coming Under Greater Scrutiny by EEOC With a recent survey showing nine out of ten employers conduct criminal background checks on... Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2129 http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2129 by Lester Rosen If jobseekers want to get hired for a job these days, they will probably have to undergo a background check. And if they have to undergo a background check, it would be in their best... Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2130 http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2130 New information has come to light about a 2009 sting operation that focused on the aid Google provided for illegal online prescription drug sales. The sting began after federal prosecutors set up a... Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2131 http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2131 California Birth and Death Certificates Effective January 1, 2012, the fee for a certified copy of a birth, death, or fetal death certificate increases by $2.00 per record. This increase will take... Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2132 http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2132 Report: Most Workplace Homicides Happen During Robberies A new report from the National Council on Compensation has found that the number of workplace homicides and assaults that result in injuries... Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2133 http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2133 The second time was the charm for a controversial increase in South Dakota court record fees. After lengthy and occasionally testy debate, the South Dakota House of Representatives approved HB 1058,... Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2134 http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2134 Legislation has been introduced in the Illinois State Senate and Illinois House that would require dating sites to disclose whether or not they conduct background checks on users. Sites would have... Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2135 http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2135 Chicago has the largest gang population in the country according to a new report that finds between 68,000 and 150,000 gang members are living in the city. Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2123 http://www.hrscreener.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=2123 Organ-donor, contact-wearer ... Rapist? South Carolina's new "scarlet letter" law might not be quite the boon to nosy customer service employees as some had feared. At least while the... Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT