Background Check Rules Urged for State Jobs; Union Leaders Voice Concerns About Potential Universal Policy

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Madison - State officials are trying to come up with a universal policy on criminal background checks for current and future workers - and the emotional issue is giving union leaders and some state workers nightmares.

Officials say they began searching for a universal policy after incidents such as these:

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Background Check Rules Urged for State Jobs; Union Leaders Voice Concerns About Potential Universal Policy

-- University of Wisconsin-Madison administrators knew about the convicted murderer who held a non-teaching job on campus, but state auditors found other employees with fraud or forgery convictions. One of the embezzlers w...

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