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Employee with Outstanding Warrant Kidnaps Boss and EEOC’s Guidelines on Criminal Background Checks

By |December 14th, 2012|

 

 

Employee with Outstanding Warrant Kidnaps Boss: Part I.

Back in 2007, Chris Palermo of Pittsburg, NH, a tiny town on the northern most part of New Hampshire was arrested after he kidnapped his boss. According to police reports, the employee Palermo forced his boss to drive him all the way to a train station in […]

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Workplace Violence: The Tragedy of PSA Flight 1771

By |December 12th, 2012|

Workplace Violence: The Tragedy of PSA Flight 1771

A Look Back 25 Years Later

Most people know December 7th as Pearl Harbor Day, as President Roosevelt said at the time in his address to Congress, “…a date which will live in infamy.”

What many people don’t know is another tragedy that occurred on the same date just […]

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25 Years after Workplace Shooting in the Sky: Lessons Learned about Workplace Violence since PSA Flight 1771 Disaster – Webinar on Thursday 12/13

By |December 11th, 2012|

25 Years ago on December 7, 1987 one of the most shocking Workplace Violence disasters happened in California when recently terminated employee David Burke killed his former boss with a 44 magnum at 22,000 feet aboard PSA Flight 1771. Burke also shot to death the pilots and flight attendant before pushing the flight control column […]

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Killing in Fresno Workplace. Were the Chicken Plant Shootings Preventable? Learn the answer and more on a Webinar on Workplace Violence on November 29th @ 2:00 pm EST

By |November 13th, 2012|

Online background check firm AccuScreen.com will host a complimentary webinar November 29, 2012 at 2:00 pm Eastern with Workplace Violence Experts Kevin Connell and W. Barry Nixon.

In the wake of the recent Poultry Plant shooting and tragic loss of life in Fresno, CA on November 6, 2012, many Human Resource Managers, Security professionals and Business […]

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Avoiding Resume Fraud & Negligent Hiring: New HRCI Approved Webinar From AccuScreen on August 9th

By |August 5th, 2012|

CEO of employee screening services company AccuScreen.com, Kevin Connell, will present a complimentary webinar August 9, 2012 on avoiding resume fraud and negligent hiring by conducting comprehensive employee background checks.

Tampa, FL – In the current economic climate, business owners must be more vigilant than ever in their pre-employment screening practices. It’s an unfortunate truth that […]

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Avoiding Resume Fraud & Negligent Hiring: New HRCI Approved Webinar From AccuScreen on August 9th

By |August 5th, 2012|

CEO of employee screening services company AccuScreen.com, Kevin Connell, will present a complimentary webinar August 9, 2012 on avoiding resume fraud and negligent hiring by conducting comprehensive employee background checks.

Tampa, FL – In the current economic climate, business owners must be more vigilant than ever in their pre-employment screening practices. It’s an unfortunate truth that […]

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Employment Screening Services provider AccuScreen Launches Online Background Check Platform Today

By |July 25th, 2012|

Employment Screening Services provider has upgraded their Online Background Check Service with the new Global Control Profile user interface, allowing clients to make changes to new employee background checks more efficiently, while avoiding the need for duplicate orders. Functionality changes include new selection field options, direct document forwarding and multi-browser compatibility.

Tampa, FL – Today, leading […]

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Employment Criminal Background Checks: EEOC says “Do as I say, not as I do.”

By |July 6th, 2012|

“HUH?!”

That is the understandable reaction of the majority of American business owners, managers, and HR professionals to the recent EEOC decision to ‘recommend’ that employers refrain from asking applicants about their criminal history on employment applications.  In other words, via the EEOC’s ‘recommendation,’ employers should not concern themselves with a potential employee’s criminal past – […]

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Complimentary AccuScreen Webinar Reviews New Controversial EEOC Background Check Service Guidelines

By |June 28th, 2012|

Kevin Connell, CEO and founder of well-known employee screening services company AccuScreen.com, announces an upcoming complimentary webinar: A Critical Update For Employers: EEOC’s New Guidelines On Employee Criminal Background Checks. The session, to be held July 11, 2012, will review the contradictory implications within the newly released EEOC guidelines surrounding employment screening services.

Tampa, FL – […]

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EEOC "Gives the Bird" to American Business Owners & Public

By |May 12th, 2012|

By Kevin Connell, Founder & Chairman, AccuScreen.com

The five-member EEOC Commission is tasked with the job of administering Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, and in their most recent meeting on April 25, the Commission itself was battling within itself over why they were even meeting that day to vote on New Guidance on Criminal Background Checks , it […]

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EEOC “Gives the Bird” to American Business Owners & Public

By |May 12th, 2012|

By Kevin Connell, Founder & Chairman, AccuScreen.com

The five-member EEOC Commission is tasked with the job of administering Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, and in their most recent meeting on April 25, the Commission itself was battling within itself over why they were even meeting that day to vote on New Guidance on Criminal Background Checks , it […]

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EEOC New Guidance: Employee Criminal Background Check: AccuScreen CEO Hosts Webinar on May 1st ENCORE

By |April 30th, 2012|

Kevin Connell, AccuScreen CEO in a ” LIVE” complimentary Webinar on May 1st @ 2 PM EST will unravel and translate what the new guidance issued by the EEOC means for Hiring Managers and Employers in the Use of Arrest & Conviction Records in the Screening & Hiring Process. Due to the Popularity of the […]

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