A background check can sink a job offer if prospective employers don’t like what they see. While they can request to have a lot of information about a job candidate’s past included in such a report, ...

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Twenty-two MCPS employees were flagged – two with disqualifying criminal charges and 20 with Child Protective Services ...

(RNS) — About 10 years ago, when the state of Pennsylvania passed a law requiring a background check for anyone who worked with children, Megan Benninger volunteered to help her church comply. At the ...

SAN DIEGO (CN) — A background screening company must face a jury trial over claims it produced an inaccurate and outdated report that led to a woman being fired from her job, a federal judge in San ...

A comprehensive study of criminal drug trafficking found that background checks save lives by preventing dangerous people from arming themselves and hurting others. The fourth and final volume of the ...

The Pentagon agency that vets federal employees hasn’t worked hard enough to protect its IT systems and the sensitive personnel data they store, according to a watchdog report. “While [the Defense ...