Article contributed by: K. Chapman President & Founder, MBI Worldwide, Inc. Four states in this country, and the District of Columbia, allow the recreational use of marijuana. On July 1, Oregon joined Alaska, Washington and Colorado in legalizing the drug for people over the age of 21. Many other states allow the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. Either circumstance raises …
Background Checks and Diploma Mills
A background check or background investigation is the process of looking up and compiling criminal records, commercial records and financial records. Background checks are often requested by employers on job candidates, especially on candidates seeking a position that requires high security or a position of trust, such as in a school, hospital, financial institution, airport, and government. These checks …
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 histories of a job applicant on employment applications. On June 25, 2015, Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed into law House Bill 3025. This bill makes it unlawful employment practice for an employer to exclude an applicant from an initial …
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 services, today announced that it is relocating its administrative offices to One Progress Plaza in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida. With more than seventeen years of experience, MBI Worldwide has become a leading provider of employment background checks …
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 various movements which is meant to safeguard those with past convictions an opportunity at employment. Does the Ban the box movement effect hiring companies and background check companies?? Yes it most certainly does. …
