California Hospital Employees Suspended Because Found to Have Criminal Histories
Garrett Therolf reported in The Los Angeles Times that 19 Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital employees were fired and 45 others disciplined after it was revealed that employees had been able to...
View ArticleConnecticut Hospice Volunteer Refuses to Submit to Background Check
The Middletown Press Sloan Brewster reports that a Middlesex Hospice volunteer (Donald McGinnis) who has refused to submit to a background check will not be able to retain his position, under a new...
View ArticleStates and Federal Government Push for Rules to Restrict Employer Credit Checks
Thomas Frank reports in USA Today that, given the economic recession, five states (Hawaii, Connecticut, New York, Missouri, and Texas) and the federal government are pushing new rules to restrict job...
View ArticleFTC Launches Videos to Showcase its AnnualCreditReport.com
Ellen Gabler reports in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has launched a series of music videos about its web site, annualcreditreport.com, which allows people to...
View ArticleIllinois Woman Charged with Identified Theft for Accessing the Credit Report...
Josh Stockinger reports in Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) that a woman in Illinois (Claudia Madrigal) was charged with identity theft after accessing another woman’s consumer credit report,...
View ArticleHow to Deal with an Inaccurate Credit Report
Federal law mandates that credit reporting agencies investigate and promptly correct any errors consumers report to them. An article in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution provides tips on how to protect...
View ArticleBoston Mayor Urges Lawmakers to Pass Law Requiring Drug and Alcohol Testing...
Boston Globe correspondent Jazmine Ulloa reported in the Globe that Boston’s Mayor Thomas Menino has urged state lawmakers to pass a law that would require random drug tests and alcohol testing for all...
View ArticleCity Employees in Durham, North Carolina Victims of Identify Theft
According to an article by Ray Gronberg in the Herald-Sun, city officials in Durham, North Carolina have warned employees on Durham’s payroll about an identity theft case that victimized three workers...
View ArticleFlorida Sheriff Implements Random Drug Testing Policy
Robbyn Brooks reports in the Northwest Florida Daily News that Walton County Sheriff Michael Adkinson implemented a new random drug screening policy for employees in September 2009. Employees with a...
View ArticleAustralian Doctor Arrested After Practicing Medicine Despite Being Banned
In Australia, a trial date of February 2010 was set for former obstetrician Graeme Reeves. Reeves was arrested and charged with nine counts of aggravated sexual assault, six counts of indecent assault,...
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