Questions arise about background checks on airline workers
With the recent Air France airline crashes in the news, and the very publicized damage to a Southwest Airlines Flight recorded on cell phone camera, the scrutiny is returning to the ground, including how background checks are conducted on ground workers in avionics and airplane maintenance. An Article in WFAA in Texas, discusses the troubling [...]
Background Checks & College Football : scoring a hit
South Carolina Gamecocks have begun running detailed background checks on all their pending coaches, administrators, and employees in response to recent probation by the NCAA. As we see in the sporting world, when you score a hit on your background checks, you protect your company and organization from a negligent hiring lawsuit and you play zone defense by preventing any negative press [...]
Running background checks on camp counselors
The Ohio Senate is looking into a new bill that would require background checks to be conducted on camp counselors. Timothy Keil, a camp volunteer, was caught sexually molesting a child inside a cabin at a Perry County youth camp. His crime revealed a loophole that legislators are working to close. The state requires background [...]
Improve your employment screening practices
In-forum has an article about a North Dakota campus security guard named Moe Gibbs who killed a college student: Gibbs worked as a campus security guard and Barnes County jailer. A less thorough background check came up clean on Gibbs because it did not catch criminal history connected to his previous name. As with any [...]