TransUnion battling attempts to ban employment credit checks [Chicago Tribune]
TransUnion, the Chicago-based credit reporting agency controlled by the powerful Pritzker family, is fighting to preserve the use of credit checks in employment screening, even as several states, including Illinois, threaten to outlaw the practice in most circumstances as discriminatory.
In Job Hunting, Honesty Is Still the Best Policy
What’s the harm in a little white lie on your résumé, especially if it will help you finally nab that full-time position?
The Customer is the Business
When untrained supervisors are in charge of front-line employees with customer contact, the impact on customers’ experience can be devastating.
Fundraising firm fires 18 with criminal records
A South Side company has completed background checks on its employees who solicit donations on behalf of charities and fired 18 with criminal records because their employment violates state law.
Sex case in Olin, Iowa raises school hiring questions
Schools often find themselves doing background checks through the statewide systems that are available.
Felonious OSU applicants only undergo background check if forth-coming with crimes
The Lantern recently published an article detailing the fact that admission applicants only undergo background checks if they have disclosed a felony on their application.
