If you're looking to hire new employees for your business, you may ask yourself at some point: Should I be running a background check on candidates? Conducting background checks on your potential ...

The Office of the Inspector General of Montgomery County found that nearly half of Montgomery County Public Schools’ employees had outdated criminal history checks, according to a review of the school ...

State auditors found that the Maryland State Department of Education failed to adequately oversee hiring and background ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alonzo Martinez reports on employment laws and trends in HR tech. The first quarter of 2025 brought a surge of legal and ...

Tony Mattivi, director of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, described a high school wrestling coach, a paraprofessional, a ...

A federal watchdog has issued its third 2025 report analyzing state oversight of background checks for nursing home employees, finding mixed results so far on compliance and enforcement. The latest ...

OCEAN CITY – City Council voted unanimously last month in favor of introducing an ordinance that would require all new part-time and full-time city employees to undergo a background check. If passed, ...

A newly released legislative audit delves into the hiring of Maryland State educators, and the lack of background screenings ...

Lottery employees have received background checks and fingerprint checks when they are hired. But there was no policy regarding whether they should be checked again. The lottery, a state government ...

ALPINE TOWNSHIP -- Alpine officials are conducting criminal background checks on all 77 full- and part-time employees following the arrest of Jeff Hawkins, a former Plainfield Township firefighter and ...