Articles Tagged with ''background check''

Employers resolving class-action lawsuits over alleged background check violations paid out a total of $174 million, a news report says. 

Drug positivity rates affect retail the most, according to the First Advantage's Vertical Trends & Insights fourth report, focused on the retail, transportation, staffing, healthcare and financial services. 

Florida citizens are in favor of universal background checks on gun sales, according to the St. Pete Polls survey. 

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is seeing a decrease in the number of background checks and gun sales in 2019.

After the mass shooting that took place in Virginia beach last Friday, Senator Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is pushing for gun background check legislation, according to a news report. 

The US. has seen an increase of 13 percent in global screens in 2018.

U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.), introduced the Secure Traveler Act, legislation that would expand enrollment in TSA PreCheck for individuals who have passed extensive background checks, like federal employees holding an active security clearance and law enforcement officers. 

Ride sharing company Lyft announced two new initiatives aimed at increasing the safety and security of its platform.

U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) introduced bicameral legislation to implement instant universal background checks for the sale of gun ammunition.

First Advantage released the results of its “2019 Top Screening Trends & Insights” State of the Industry report. After surveying enterprise customers and cross-referencing their responses with aggregated data from more than 66 million annual global searches, First Advantage was able to identify the key trends driving the employment background screening industry.