Listing education credentials on a resume is something pretty much everybody does, but it turns out the same can’t be said for fact-checking those claims. Many big name companies have fallen prey to people who have flat-out lied about schools attended, degrees earned,...
There is a nearly universal expectation that when we send our children to school, they will be safe. Parents put an enormous amount of trust into the people who are caring for our kids, some of whom (depending on their extracurriculars) spend upwards of 10 hours a day...
The US Open tennis tournament kicks off in New York City this week. It’s the last grand slam tennis tournament of the professional season. More than 720,000 on-site fans will visit Flushing Meadows, and thousands more will be employed at the complex, during the...
Pennsylvania has become the gold standard in child protection. In the last two years, the state has passed 23 new pieces of legislation aimed at beefing up background check requirements, increasing child protection protocols, and solidifying mandated reporter status....
Two California court rulings are showcasing the complexities of the state’s screening laws. Background check laws in California are notoriously difficult and more stringent than in most other states. Two laws in particular were designed by the legislature to better...
The American workforce is changing. Recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that 15.9 percent of the total U.S. workforce, or 24.4 million individuals, were foreign-born. But this globalization of our domestic workforce is simply a mirror for what’s...
