A lack of screening of oil spill cleanup workers meant a sex offender got a job, and left him free to rape a colleague according to a Mississippi county sheriff.
USA Swimming, the organization that fields the Olympic swim team, has been hit with a firestorm of allegations that it has done little to prevent or punish coaches accused of sexually abusing underage female swimmers.
Point being, the stories about employers using credit checks to eliminate job seekers are relying on a misreading of the data — data that is inconclusive on the question.
“And when you are applying for car insurance or applying for a job, people look at your credit score. The worst case scenario … you have a young adult who is facing filing for bankruptcy on a debt that they never personally incurred,” Jones said.
Federal investigators have arrested a Bellevue man, accusing him of running a background check scam.
The New Jersey sex offender was hired and began working as an enumerator before his fingerprint check was complete.
As the economy worsened over the two-year period we examined (unemployment grew from 4.4% to 8.5%)these rates of applicant falsification rose 30 percent.
A new class-action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of applicants who say they were unfairly turned down for census jobs based on an opaque screening policy that relies on F.B.I. checks for any criminal histories.
The lawsuit, filed on behalf of Roberto J. Arroyo, of Morristown, N.J., accuses Accenture of violating Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by rejecting or firing qualified individuals who have criminal records even where the criminal history has no bearing on the individual’s fitness or ability to perform the job.
State law restricts convicted sex offenders from living too close to schools, hanging out at parks or wearing costumes but seldom dictates which jobs or vocational licenses a sexual predator may hold.



