Background checks have become such a common item in the employment world, but now they are becoming just as important when attempting to conduct business. In this article, the county wants any carnival worker to have a background check prior to working the local county fair. I think it is a great practice, especially since many children and teens will be attending this function without parental supervision.

The Union County prosecutor wants police to run background checks on all the carnival workers who roll into town for the Union County Fair this month. Read more…

I find it interesting that county workers, who generally work in the public, are not currently screened for criminal records. Read more…

Recently a federal judge blocked the government from conducting background checks of low-risk employees at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory after an appeals court said the investigations threatened the constitutional rights of workers. Read more…

Quarter Of Juvenile Center’s Workers Have Criminal Records
INDIANAPOLIS — Recent background checks revealed that more than 25 percent of Marion County’s juvenile detention center employees have criminal records, the center’s interim superintendent said Friday.
The checks, initiated two weeks ago, showed that 24 of the center’s 90 workers have criminal histories. The finding comes less than two months after nine former employees were charged with having sex with female detainees at the center between 2000 and 2005.