Yessenia Ruano is one of countless immigrants without legal status who face deportation though they have citizen children, ...

Governor Maura Healey’s new policy requiring additional criminal background checks of all adults in the state’s family shelter system has one striking catch: It would not evict anyone who has a ...

A background check can make or break someone’s future. Every day, people are denied jobs, housing, and educational opportunities because of “failing a background check.” These checks are often ...

While hearing a PIL challenging a Bar Council of India Circular mandating a criminal background check system for law students ...

Hong Kong authorities don't need to carry out annual criminal record checks on teachers despite a rise in cases of misconduct, Education Secretary Christine Choi said on Friday. Lawmakers were ...

The Massachusetts Senate moved to restrict family stays in the state's emergency shelter system, backing recent moves from ...

Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has called on the federal government to intervene in the NT's Central Land Council after ...

The Flint City Council approved the Fair Chance Housing Ordinance, which limits how landlords can use background checks for people a criminal record.

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday said that there was nothing illegal about the Bar Council of India’s (BCI) directive requiring law students to disclose any criminal antecedents.

A criminal background check includes: asking an individual, orally or in writing, if they have a criminal history searching publicly available records (i.e., a simple Google search) or records ...

The petition was withdrawn after the bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe observed that this move by the university was commendable and should be replicated for other courses as well.

The best employee background checks make vetting potential employees easy by scouring public databases for past workplaces, criminal convictions, and drug offences that could put your business ...