Article: Baseball and Umpires Clash Over Background Checks - New York Times

Article: Umpires and their boss clash over background checks
International Herald Tribune;  August 8, 2007 ;     562 words ......right to conduct background checks on umpires...perform in-depth credit checks on its approximately...perform the background checks comes after...Manfred said that background checks were conducted...really relates to credit checks; the core is...in ...

Article: New U. Arizona employees may soon face new background checks
University Wire;  September 16, 2002 ;     546 words ......U-WIRE) TUCSON, Ariz. -- Proposed background checks may lower the number of job applications...Department is pushing to get more background checks for prospective employees campuswide...Arizona University started doing background checks on job applicants as part of their...

Article: Background Checks: A New Necessity For the Workplace.
Kiplinger Business Forecasts;  February 4, 2002 ;     700+ words ......their systems for conducting background checks and has many small- and medium-si...normally reduces demand for background checks. Small to medium-size firms that shied away from background checks, primarily because they figured...

Article: Tank carriers seek TSA meeting on hazmat background checks
Transport Topics;  May 26, 2003 ;     700+ words ......hazardous materials drivers undergo FBI background checks. The trucking group also said it...voiced additional concern that the background checks would be too burdensome and would...effort to create a new system for background checks to the heightened security after...

Article: Background checks for nursing students: what are schools doing?
Nursing Education Perspectives;  May 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......increasingly called upon to obtain background checks for students or disclosures of criminal...licensure, or because it is thought that background checks for students are in the best interest...programs are doing in relation to background checks. Responses were received from 258...

Article: Background checks can save trouble: but they come with some added costs and care requirements.(TOOL BOX)
Wenatchee Business Journal;  February 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......any hiring decision. Background checks can help protect employers...legal requirements. Credit checks vs. background checks Attorney Gil Sparks...applicants from unwarranted credit checks by employers. Employers...a lot of emphasis on credit checks in the ...

Article: Umps seeking payback for background checks
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  August 7, 2007 ;     426 words ......seeking payback for background checks By RONALD BLUM, THE...baseball's attempt to widen background checks in the wake of the NBA...an agreement to allow credit checks, the World Umpires Association...authorizations for the background checks, and both the ...

Article: County starts background checks for all workers
Maryland Gazette;  July 19, 2006 ;     507 words ......county currently does background checks for child-care workers...system does its own background checks. Not counting school...includes $30,000 for background checks. Ms. Hopkins said...that would do the background checks under a contract...criminal records. ...

Article: County to start background checks for all jobs
Capital (Annapolis);  July 17, 2006 ;     505 words ......county currently does background checks for child care workers...system does its own background checks. Not counting schools...includes $30,000 for background checks. Ms. Hopkins said...that would do the background checks under a contract...criminal records. ...

Article: U. New Mexico to perform employee background checks
University Wire;  June 23, 2006 ;     555 words ......of New Mexico may begin conducting background checks on employees as early as spring 2007...Resources. The University has run background checks on applicants for certain positions...responsibility to do our due diligence." The background checks are run on applicants for positions...

Article: Roundup: JPL scientists satisfied over stay on background checks
Xinhua News Agency;  October 15, 2007 ;     489 words ......scientists satisfied over stay on background checks LOS ANGELES, Oct. 15 (Xinhua...court decision to extend a stay on background checks. Attorney Dan Stormer, who represents...requiring the scientists to undergo background checks. Last Thursday's order from a three-jud...

Article: Scouts volunteers face background checks
Courier-News (Elgin, IL);  February 20, 2003 ;     474 words ......America. As of April 1, criminal background checks will be performed on new adult volunteers...finally has become easier to have background checks done. "We are doing the checks now...technology is up to the point where background checks are now possible for large numbers...

Article: Background checks ordered for zoo workers
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  June 8, 2001 ;     462 words ...Background checks ordered for zoo workers By LINDA...volunteers must agree to criminal background checks or be terminated from the active...by June 15, that will start the background checks. Officials at the Zoological Society...

Article: Boys Scouts will do background checks on volunteers
Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL);  February 24, 2003 ;     475 words ......America. As of April 1, criminal background checks will be performed on new adult volunteers...it has finally become easier for background checks to be done. "We are doing the checks...technology is up to the point where background checks are possible for large numbers of...