A jury awarded $750,000 to a disabled man who was a resident at Cote De Neige Home for Adults after he was sexually assaulted by a worker at the facility. The lawsuit was brought against the assisted living facility for their failure to conduct an adequate pre-hiring background search before hiring a certified nursing assistant.
When is it Safe To Hire Someone With a Criminal Record?
New Carnegie Mellon Study Provides Empirical Basis For Employers To Use in Assessment of Prior Criminal Records.
Everyday Cheapskate: Job applicants face new background check rules
Most employers now care more about a prospective employee's background. With so many applicants to choose from, employers can afford to be picky.
What's new in background checks for job seekers is how prospective employers may view your social networking activities. What you post by way of text and photos to Facebook, MySpace and Twitter may well become included in your job application.
Employers have been warned to undertake more rigorous checks into candidates' backgrounds
New research revealed the number of prosecutions for employers hiring illegal immigrants increased by 513% in 2008. The new civil penalty for employers who hire illegal immigrants has made a big difference to the UK Border Agency's activity in bringing cases against employers.
Schumer: Stricter background checks needed for those who work with kids
U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., today proposed allowing summer camps, day care centers and non-profit groups to run criminal background checks through the FBI. Currently, Rochester-area agencies only can check employees and volunteers through state records, which may not include crimes against children in other states.
E-Verify Under Fire
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently announced that it will rescind a rule outlining actions employers should take when they receive a “no-match” letter from Social Security Administration indicating possible illegal employment… DHS indicated that it still intends to pursue more recently proposed rules that would require federal contractors to enroll in the government’s E-Verify system and check the work authorization of all new hires and all employees assigned to a federal contract.
Monday, August 10, 2009
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Truckers often carry rap sheets - Of 953 truckers faulted in fatal crashes from 2000 through 2005, at least 1 in 4 had been convicted of a criminal offense or received deferred adjudication before the crash. More than 14 percent had committed drug or alcohol offenses prior to their accidents, and more than one in 10 were felons. Read more
Background checks to protect children - a man accused of sexually assaulting an 8-year-old boy he taught at a rec center also had been working with children at two Denver elementary schools. Read more
Band director charged with student rape - The director of the Delaware State University band has been charged with second-degree rape, two counts of third-degree unlawful sexual contact, and providing alcohol to an underage person. Read more
Man sold drugs at pizzeria- Police arrested a 31-year-old CiCi's Pizza manager who they believe may have been the main source of Ecstasy for Grapevine-Colleyville school district teens and operated out of the restaurant. Read more
Background checks to protect children - a man accused of sexually assaulting an 8-year-old boy he taught at a rec center also had been working with children at two Denver elementary schools. Read more
Band director charged with student rape - The director of the Delaware State University band has been charged with second-degree rape, two counts of third-degree unlawful sexual contact, and providing alcohol to an underage person. Read more
Man sold drugs at pizzeria- Police arrested a 31-year-old CiCi's Pizza manager who they believe may have been the main source of Ecstasy for Grapevine-Colleyville school district teens and operated out of the restaurant. Read more
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Bush signs law for national sex offender registry
President George W. Bush on Thursday signed legislation that will establish a national sex offender registry and try to make it harder for sexual predators to reach children on the Internet.
The legislation, called the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, is named for Adam Walsh, a 6-year-old boy who was abducted 25 years ago on July 27, 1981, and eventually killed.
The boy's death prompted his father, John Walsh, to lead a long effort to seek greater protections against violence crime. He became host of "America's Most Wanted," a television show aimed at catching criminals.
"The bill I sign today will strengthen federal laws to protect our children from sexual and other violent crimes, will help prevent child pornography, and will make the Internet safer for our sons and daughters," Bush said in signing the new law in the White House Rose Garden.
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children estimates that there are more than 560,000 registered sex offenders in the United States. About 100,000 are not registered or do not have up-to-date registrations.
The legislation will create a national sex offender registry, available to the public, to plug gaps in existing state systems and community notification requirements.
An offender who does not keep his registration up to date in any state in which he lives, works or attends school could face felony charges and up to 10 years in prison.
It will also create a registry for substantiated cases of child abuse or neglect to help law enforcement and child protective services.
Addressing concern about Internet predators and online pornography, the bill establishes education grants, and provides for 200 new federal prosecutors and 45 new computer forensic scientists to work on such crimes.
President George W. Bush on Thursday signed legislation that will establish a national sex offender registry and try to make it harder for sexual predators to reach children on the Internet.
The legislation, called the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, is named for Adam Walsh, a 6-year-old boy who was abducted 25 years ago on July 27, 1981, and eventually killed.
The boy's death prompted his father, John Walsh, to lead a long effort to seek greater protections against violence crime. He became host of "America's Most Wanted," a television show aimed at catching criminals.
"The bill I sign today will strengthen federal laws to protect our children from sexual and other violent crimes, will help prevent child pornography, and will make the Internet safer for our sons and daughters," Bush said in signing the new law in the White House Rose Garden.
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children estimates that there are more than 560,000 registered sex offenders in the United States. About 100,000 are not registered or do not have up-to-date registrations.
The legislation will create a national sex offender registry, available to the public, to plug gaps in existing state systems and community notification requirements.
An offender who does not keep his registration up to date in any state in which he lives, works or attends school could face felony charges and up to 10 years in prison.
It will also create a registry for substantiated cases of child abuse or neglect to help law enforcement and child protective services.
Addressing concern about Internet predators and online pornography, the bill establishes education grants, and provides for 200 new federal prosecutors and 45 new computer forensic scientists to work on such crimes.
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Cable Installers & Criminal Backgrounds - Charter Communications hired a contractor with a manslaughter conviction and an installer with a suspended driver's license and two orders of protection in his past. Read more
Background check could have foiled embezzler - Man had three convictions when the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality put him in charge of handling payments for water permits. He later pled guilty to embezzling more than $180,000. Read more
Nursing home worker checks can be lacking - Employee screenings get renewed attention after the case of a woman sentenced to jail for stealing elderly patients’ morphine. Read more
Suspect in sex crime coached in youth event in Chesapeake - Despite a conviction four years ago and another arrest recently on charges of inappropriate conduct with a child, the 38-year-old was able to coach boys and girls at the Mayor's Cup T-Ball Classic. Read more
School hired murderer; state cancels license - The license of a private alternative school in Gresham, OR has been suspended after a teacher's aide was accused of rape and turned out to be convicted murderer. The Oregon Department of Education also has instructed the Academy of Alternatives to complete background checks on four of its staff members. Read more
Bill to track sex offenders in care homes - The Suffolk (New York) Legislature is expected to adopt a bill that will require nursing home operators to determine whether their employees, residents, volunteers and student interns are listed on the state's sex offender registry. Read more
Background check could have foiled embezzler - Man had three convictions when the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality put him in charge of handling payments for water permits. He later pled guilty to embezzling more than $180,000. Read more
Nursing home worker checks can be lacking - Employee screenings get renewed attention after the case of a woman sentenced to jail for stealing elderly patients’ morphine. Read more
Suspect in sex crime coached in youth event in Chesapeake - Despite a conviction four years ago and another arrest recently on charges of inappropriate conduct with a child, the 38-year-old was able to coach boys and girls at the Mayor's Cup T-Ball Classic. Read more
School hired murderer; state cancels license - The license of a private alternative school in Gresham, OR has been suspended after a teacher's aide was accused of rape and turned out to be convicted murderer. The Oregon Department of Education also has instructed the Academy of Alternatives to complete background checks on four of its staff members. Read more
Bill to track sex offenders in care homes - The Suffolk (New York) Legislature is expected to adopt a bill that will require nursing home operators to determine whether their employees, residents, volunteers and student interns are listed on the state's sex offender registry. Read more
Thursday, May 11, 2006
Hill Impasse Spurs States to Tackle Illegal Immigration - State legislatures around the nation are considering hundreds of proposals dealing with illegal immigration, reflecting the exasperation of many local officials with Congress's failure to contend with the millions of undocumented workers who have entered the nation in recent years. Read more
Teen who says art teacher abused him sues board -
A Miramar teenager who told police his middle school teacher molested him is suing the Broward School Board for negligence. Read more
Food-stamp workers had criminal backgrounds - In a rush to find workers after Hurricane Wilma, Florida's Department of Children and Families hired dozens of temporary workers with criminal backgrounds to handle food-stamp applications that contained Social Security numbers and other personal information. Read more
Teen who says art teacher abused him sues board -
A Miramar teenager who told police his middle school teacher molested him is suing the Broward School Board for negligence. Read more
Food-stamp workers had criminal backgrounds - In a rush to find workers after Hurricane Wilma, Florida's Department of Children and Families hired dozens of temporary workers with criminal backgrounds to handle food-stamp applications that contained Social Security numbers and other personal information. Read more
Monday, April 17, 2006
City jailer resigns in wake of investigation - A A Zanesville, Ohio corrections officer has resigned after an internal investigation revealed he has a history of sexual harassment and lied on his job application. Read more
Knowing is half the battle, especially for new hires - Workplace assaults total 2 million each year. Employee theft costs $40 billion annually and causes 30 percent of business failures. Lawsuits for negligent hiring are on the rise and can cost a company millions. Read more
RESUMES: JUST THE FACTS, PLEASE - A report released in 2005 by InfoLink Screening Services said that 14 percent of employees lied about education on their resumes. Read more
In Wake of Student's Murder, Lawmakers Press To Allow Officers To Work as Bouncers - Read more
Senate OKs bill on ex-cons in nursing homes - The proposed law calls for nursing homes to pay for criminal background checks on all adult residents and requires registered sex offenders to be segregated in their own bedrooms. Read more
Knowing is half the battle, especially for new hires - Workplace assaults total 2 million each year. Employee theft costs $40 billion annually and causes 30 percent of business failures. Lawsuits for negligent hiring are on the rise and can cost a company millions. Read more
RESUMES: JUST THE FACTS, PLEASE - A report released in 2005 by InfoLink Screening Services said that 14 percent of employees lied about education on their resumes. Read more
In Wake of Student's Murder, Lawmakers Press To Allow Officers To Work as Bouncers - Read more
Senate OKs bill on ex-cons in nursing homes - The proposed law calls for nursing homes to pay for criminal background checks on all adult residents and requires registered sex offenders to be segregated in their own bedrooms. Read more
More states consider guns-at-work legislation
Security Director News, By Rhianna Daniels
ATLANTA--Legislation being proposed in Georgia and Virginia that would allow licensed gun owners to legally store weapons in vehicles parked on company property may heighten fears of increased workplace violence incidents among area security directors.
"It certainly would be another major concern to have to add to their workload," said Jack Lichtenstein, director of public policy for ASIS International. "The workplace violence issue is a very real concern of ours."
The laws would not only allow workers to keep guns in their vehicles, but would also overturn any regulations companies may have in place that do not allow weapons on property.
Oklahoma already has a similar law in place, but this legislation has met with mixed reviews. ConocoPhillips has been the most active corporation as of late in the fight against allowing guns at work in the state, going as far to seek a repeal of the law last year and boycotting guns at its offices and gas station chains in the area.
After its move, the National Rifle Association launched a boycott of the energy company.
In late February, Florida tabled a similar proposed law after it received a barrage of criticism.
Roy Bordes, president of The Bordes Group, said security directors take this type of legislation very seriously as most corporations have a policy that prohibits weapons in the workplace, as do insurance companies.
"It is against corporate policies and I don't want to say that it adds to the potential of workplace violence, but it does," he said.
Lichtenstein mentioned that the National Rifle Association is in the process of trying to have these laws passed at the state level. The NRA's argument, Lichtenstein said, is that having more employees armed would be beneficial in the event of a crisis.
"We are not an anti-Second Amendment group," he said. "Our members are largely former military and law enforcement, but we think for a number of reasons this is bad law."
There are four major areas that ASIS identified as specific problems in a position paper on the issue. Primarily, it minimizes the control property owners have as well as employer rights.
"Employers have the right and responsibility to provide a safe workplace," he said, "that is manifested in all manner of workplace policy aimed at keeping people from getting hurt and from hurting each other."
ASIS' other areas of concern include workplace violence and homeland security.
"The thought of strangers being able to drive up to a refinery, power plant or other critical infrastructure with loaded weapons in the car is beyond the pale."
Security Director News, By Rhianna Daniels
ATLANTA--Legislation being proposed in Georgia and Virginia that would allow licensed gun owners to legally store weapons in vehicles parked on company property may heighten fears of increased workplace violence incidents among area security directors.
"It certainly would be another major concern to have to add to their workload," said Jack Lichtenstein, director of public policy for ASIS International. "The workplace violence issue is a very real concern of ours."
The laws would not only allow workers to keep guns in their vehicles, but would also overturn any regulations companies may have in place that do not allow weapons on property.
Oklahoma already has a similar law in place, but this legislation has met with mixed reviews. ConocoPhillips has been the most active corporation as of late in the fight against allowing guns at work in the state, going as far to seek a repeal of the law last year and boycotting guns at its offices and gas station chains in the area.
After its move, the National Rifle Association launched a boycott of the energy company.
In late February, Florida tabled a similar proposed law after it received a barrage of criticism.
Roy Bordes, president of The Bordes Group, said security directors take this type of legislation very seriously as most corporations have a policy that prohibits weapons in the workplace, as do insurance companies.
"It is against corporate policies and I don't want to say that it adds to the potential of workplace violence, but it does," he said.
Lichtenstein mentioned that the National Rifle Association is in the process of trying to have these laws passed at the state level. The NRA's argument, Lichtenstein said, is that having more employees armed would be beneficial in the event of a crisis.
"We are not an anti-Second Amendment group," he said. "Our members are largely former military and law enforcement, but we think for a number of reasons this is bad law."
There are four major areas that ASIS identified as specific problems in a position paper on the issue. Primarily, it minimizes the control property owners have as well as employer rights.
"Employers have the right and responsibility to provide a safe workplace," he said, "that is manifested in all manner of workplace policy aimed at keeping people from getting hurt and from hurting each other."
ASIS' other areas of concern include workplace violence and homeland security.
"The thought of strangers being able to drive up to a refinery, power plant or other critical infrastructure with loaded weapons in the car is beyond the pale."
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Barkeeps rely on bouncers’ reps - NYPD investigators are focusing their probe into the slaying of Imette St. Guillen of Mission Hill on Darryl Littlejohn, a 41-year-old violent ex-con with a lengthy criminal record who worked as a bouncer at The Falls bar in Soho. Read more
Seeking out criminal pasts - A report last month in the Detroit News showed the result of conducting criminal background checks on 200,000 current school employees in Michigan, as mandated by a school safety law that went into effect Jan. 1. More than 4,600 of the employees had committed criminal offenses, of which 2,200 were felonies. More than 100 of the crimes were sex offenses. Among current employees, 23 were convicted of homicide, 21 of armed robbery, 11 of child abuse, 10 of escaping jail or prison and 355 of drug felonies. Read more
Oh, what a tangled résumé - People who write résumés are trying to market themselves. So like businesses advertising products, perhaps it's not surprising that they sometimes polish the truth. Companies that perform background checks on job seekers say perhaps 20 percent either make a false claim on their applications, or neglect to mention problems. Read more
Prep-school loss: Trusted friend and $1 million - Rex Stephen "Mr. Steve" Clark was like a son to William and Pouneh Alcott, someone they thought they could always count on. The relationship started when Clark enrolled his two children in the private school they founded, Lake Mary Prep. Soon, Clark was doing volunteer work. The Alcotts liked him so much, they added him to the payroll. Then they put him in charge. That's when things went terribly wrong. Authorities say he began stealing from the school, siphoning cash in small and large amounts during a 2 1/2-year period. He eventually took more than $1 million, police say. Read more
Ice cream peddlers could face checks - Mr. Softee, beware. To sell your frozen treats, you and the Good Humor Man would have to undergo a background check under a measure that passed the House on Friday. Also under the dessert bill, sex offenders and certain convicted criminals would not be allowed to peddle treats if the bill becomes law. Read more
Charter school principal is fired - The new principal of Buffalo United Charter School, who was arrested twice in four months in 2003 for allegedly threatening his estranged wife, was fired Friday. Charter school officials apparently had been unaware of Michael P. Carr's criminal background until it was brought to their attention by a Buffalo News reporter earlier in the day. Read more
Rejection raises doubt about credit - The law requires companies to disclose the source of adverse actions against employees or potential employees, but only if the information came from an outside consumer-reporting agency. Read more
40 known felons employed by the University of Wisconsin System Read more
The Rules Have Changed for Corporate Criminals - Have You Ever Been Convicted of a Felony? Read more
Seeking out criminal pasts - A report last month in the Detroit News showed the result of conducting criminal background checks on 200,000 current school employees in Michigan, as mandated by a school safety law that went into effect Jan. 1. More than 4,600 of the employees had committed criminal offenses, of which 2,200 were felonies. More than 100 of the crimes were sex offenses. Among current employees, 23 were convicted of homicide, 21 of armed robbery, 11 of child abuse, 10 of escaping jail or prison and 355 of drug felonies. Read more
Oh, what a tangled résumé - People who write résumés are trying to market themselves. So like businesses advertising products, perhaps it's not surprising that they sometimes polish the truth. Companies that perform background checks on job seekers say perhaps 20 percent either make a false claim on their applications, or neglect to mention problems. Read more
Prep-school loss: Trusted friend and $1 million - Rex Stephen "Mr. Steve" Clark was like a son to William and Pouneh Alcott, someone they thought they could always count on. The relationship started when Clark enrolled his two children in the private school they founded, Lake Mary Prep. Soon, Clark was doing volunteer work. The Alcotts liked him so much, they added him to the payroll. Then they put him in charge. That's when things went terribly wrong. Authorities say he began stealing from the school, siphoning cash in small and large amounts during a 2 1/2-year period. He eventually took more than $1 million, police say. Read more
Ice cream peddlers could face checks - Mr. Softee, beware. To sell your frozen treats, you and the Good Humor Man would have to undergo a background check under a measure that passed the House on Friday. Also under the dessert bill, sex offenders and certain convicted criminals would not be allowed to peddle treats if the bill becomes law. Read more
Charter school principal is fired - The new principal of Buffalo United Charter School, who was arrested twice in four months in 2003 for allegedly threatening his estranged wife, was fired Friday. Charter school officials apparently had been unaware of Michael P. Carr's criminal background until it was brought to their attention by a Buffalo News reporter earlier in the day. Read more
Rejection raises doubt about credit - The law requires companies to disclose the source of adverse actions against employees or potential employees, but only if the information came from an outside consumer-reporting agency. Read more
40 known felons employed by the University of Wisconsin System Read more
The Rules Have Changed for Corporate Criminals - Have You Ever Been Convicted of a Felony? Read more
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