Thursday, January 18, 2007

Employee background checks move in council | Chicago Tribune

Employee background checks move in council | Chicago Tribune: "A proposed ordinance that would require cable companies and other firms to conduct background checks on prospective employees whose jobs require them to enter the homes of customers was advanced Wednesday by a Chicago City Council committee.

The action came as a cable TV technician faces murder, aggravated criminal sexual assault and residential burglary charges stemming for the recent slayings of two Chicago women in separate crimes.

'These are tragic stories, and these two women found themselves in a situation all too familiar' in which strangers are granted entry into homes to perform work, said Ald. Edward Burke (14th), who presided over the Finance Committee meeting."

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