Have a criminal conviction in your past? You’re Fired! (not so fast)
Accenture, one of the largest management consulting firms in the world, conducts background checks that discriminate against African Americans and Latinos, a class action lawsuit filed in New York federal court today alleges. The lawsuit, filed o...
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University of Alabama killer had record of death in past
A biology professor charged in the killings of three faculty members at the University of Alabama in Huntsville was initially a suspect in a 1993 attempted mail bombing of a Harvard Medical School professor and killed her brother in 1986 after firing a...
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Stalker used background check service on celebrity female reporters
Partial court document below this blog LOS ANGELES -- Prosecutors say ESPN reporter Erin Andrews' peephole stalker ran background checks on other female sports reporters. Although no other celebrities were secretly filmed by Michael Barr...
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Charlie Sheen charged with Felony, Two Misdemeanors
Booking photo ASPEN, Colo. (Reuters) - Actor Charlie Sheen was charged on Monday with three crimes including felony menacing stemming from an assault on his wife Brooke Mueller in a heated Christmas Day argument. Sheen, 44, the star of t...
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Charlie Sheen To Be Charged With Felony In Aspen
Although the chance a criminal background check preventing talented actor Charlie Sheen from working is small, thousands of americans have been through this process and their future job chances were damaged. A pre-employment background check would sh...
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College Background Checks looked at closely in New Hampshire
One in 29 college students has a criminal record By Kelly Sennott Contributing Writer "The New Hampshire Everyone makes mistakes in high school and college. Some make bigger mistakes than others, potentially affecting their chances of getting ...
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Welfare Recipients to be tested in Missouri
MyBackgroundCheck.com helps comnsumers manage drugtesting services across the nation. Processing thousands of pre-employment and Department of Transportation tests a month , we closely watch potential litigation as reported today. Accordi...
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Identity Theft Victim Tries to Get Married, Discovers She Already Is
Victims of identity theft have to endure many problems in connection with the crime, but recently an identity theft victim in New York who tried to get married was surprised to find out someone else had already tied the knot using the identi...
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Study Finds More Employers Expect to Hire in 2010
Jobseekers hoping that a new year – and a new decade – will bring better luck in finding work can finally celebrate some potentially good news regarding future employment trends. According to the study “2010 Job Forecast&rdqu...
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Experts Make Top 10 Identity Theft Predictions for 2010
A team of experts has come up with a “Top 10” list of identity theft predictions for 2010, and the immediate future does not look any brighter for victims of the crime. According to a press release, the Identity Theft Resource Center (I...
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