Believe it or not an elementary school made it mandatory for fathers to get a background check before they could accompany their daughters to the annual father-daughter dance. In light of the recent Newton, CT tragedy schools are trying to do everything they can to prevent such an occurrence from happening at their schools and although the intentions are good, this act may be going too far without adding any new significant safety benefits. For a father that lives with his daughter to have to undergo a background check prior to taking his little princess to a school dance can be humiliating and angering and as one parent put it, “an invasion of privacy”. To learn more about this subject and new school policies involving criminal background checks read recent CriminalBackgroundRecords.com press release: http://www.criminalbackgroundrecords.com/news/2013-4-5-Dance-Dads-and-Background-Checks.html

Not yet… Offering mobile apps that retrieve criminal records and other public records directly to mobile devices such as cell phones presents many obstacles and according to Human Resource professionals is a non-practical medium for facilitating employment screening. Recent Federal Trade Commission recently settled charges filed against a marketer that offered background checks via a mobile Smartphone app. The company agreed to settle as it acknowledged it was operating outside the FCRA without taking consumer protection measures required.

Additionally, human resource professionals would rather perform their employment screening through a computer with a big screen in the privacy of their office or workspace. Much of the information they gather from performing background checks is private and does not need to be shown to passerby’s or those that may use such information to intimidate, bribe, harass or harm a person. To learn more about mobile background checks and the challenges they face read recent CriminalBackgroundRecords.com press release:  http://www.criminalbackgroundrecords.com/news/2013-3-14-Mobile-Background-Screening-Provider-In-Trouble.html

Violating the Civil Rights Act of 1964 EEOC has fined Pepsi Beverages over $3 million dollars for discriminating against African Americans in their hiring process. The EEOC states that Pepsi’s hiring process specifically their criminal background check policy created a disparate impact on black job candidates. Pepsi must also make significant changes to its criminal background check policies in their hiring process. Pepsi must also offer jobs to the victims of their former criminal background check policy if they still want to work there and are qualified for the employment positions. Another national company Dollar General is also under EEOC investigation for similar offenses. To learn more about these EEOC investigations and fines read recent CriminalBackgroundRecords.com press release: http://www.criminalbackgroundrecords.com/news/2012-11-13-EEOC-&-Criminal-Histories-in-the-News.html

My criminal background check is the primary search phrase used by Americans looking for background check companies online when seeking a self background check. A personal background check like “my criminal background check” is being used more and more for American job seekers. A self background check is in many times used as a sort of pre-interview background check to verify what if anything is on their criminal record. Even if a person knows they have no criminal history as they never went to court for any reason it is still wise to perform a self criminal background check to ensure that there are no mistakes or errors on ones criminal history. Just like with credit history there can be similar name matches or data entry errors that align a criminal record to the incorrect person thus creating a false criminal report that could be picked up by a potential employer possibly causing a person to get rejected for employment due to a mismatched criminal record. To learn more about My Criminal Background Check visit the My Criminal Background Check webpage found at:

http://www.criminalbackgroundrecords.com/my-criminal-background-check.html