Starting next year, the country’s most widely used college application form will stop asking prospective students about whether they have a criminal record. The surprise decision comes more than a ...

Kansas City’s Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 241074 represents a continued shift toward fair chance hiring, but its lack of clarity creates uncertainty for private employers. Employers ...

No blanket rules exist that cover each state when it comes to questions an employer can ask in an interview about an applicant's criminal background. Both the types of questions and content of the ...

NASHVILLE -- Perhaps this is a blinding glimpse of the obvious, but when you are arrested that arrest creates a criminal record. What is less obvious is that record remains in the system even if the ...

Companies like Airbnb say they use background checks to help protect the community. Background checks have proliferated but there are common flaws in the system, experts say. Here's what criminal ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

The ride-hailing giant’s background check process was intended to speed drivers onto its network while keeping costs down, ...