June

"A Minnesota mother blames a background check mistake for ruining her reputation. The company that did Wosmek's background check for the school district that she volunteered for said she'd committed criminal vehicular homicide.

She says the company not only got it wrong but district employees spread the information for five months. ""If I had gotten a letter at that point and been notified, I could have stopped it right then and there,"" Wosmek said. One study found 600,000 Americans are denied a job each year based on a bad background check. Wosmek is now suing the school district and the background check company that made the mistake."

"The City Council is expected to pass a bill that will make it illegal for employers to check job-seekers' credit history. In addition to banning credit reports on a prospective employee, the bill also prohibits employers from asking people what their credit score is in job interviews. ""There's just no demonstrated correlation between credit history and job performance, or the likelihood to commit fraud or theft,"" said the bill's sponsor, City Councilman Brad Lander. Lander said it was decided to exempt only a handful of employers - like law enforcement and positions that could pose cybersecurity threats."

"Apple is known for being secretive and picky about who works on its popular devices, but now, union officials say, that thinking also applies to the construction workers.

Several construction workers who were hired to build the exterior of Apple's new campus were ordered to leave the site due to prior felony convictions. The ban is unusual for construction work, a field in which employers typically do not perform criminal background checks. ""Apple is always nervous about preserving its proprietary information, and yet I don't know how this would affect that concern,"" said Michael Theriault, president of Iron Workers Local Union 377. Banning felons could bring about legal ramifications for Apple, said law professor, Lisa Klerman."