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FAIR CHANCE ACT PASSED IN NEW YORK CITY
On June 30, 2015, Mayor Bill De Blasio signed into law the Fair Chance Act, a “Ban the Box” law that prohibits private employers in New York City...
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MBI WORLDWIDE RELOCATES ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE TO ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ST. PETERSBURG, FL – June 29, 2015 – MBI Worldwide, a global provider of employment background checks and drug screening...
Oregon To Join The Growing National Trend To “Ban The Box” In Hiring Practices
Oregon will soon become the seventh state to enact “ban the box” legislation prohibiting private employers from inquiring about the criminal...
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Ban the What? Oh, #BanTheBox
By now, almost everyone, HR related or not, has heard of “Ban the Box”. It is a movement that is endorsed by both state and national levels of...
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Nevada Revises Law - No Time Limitation For Reporting Criminal Convictions
Last week, Nevada Governor Sandoval signed S.B. 409, which revised the law pertaining to the preparation of background reports by consumer reporting...
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Three Errors HR Managers Make When Submitting an Education Verification Request
When ordering a full employee background check with an accredited employment screening company (Consumer Reporting Agency), most often the search...
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INSTANT BACKGROUND CHECKS EQUALS INSTANT TROUBLE
Let’s be honest. We live in an instant gratification world. Where a single 140-character post can be delivered to millions in moments, and...
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HOW DID THE MBI WORLDWIDE BRAND BEGIN
When Brian Chapman, an undercover drug task force officer for the Southern IL Drug Task Force, and his wife, Kandi, took a trip to San Antonio in...