Ohio State Tightens Hiring Policies in Wake of Workplace Shooting

A shooting by a disgruntled worker that took two lives in March has led Ohio State University to make several changes in how it hires employees and how it deals with troubled ones. According to The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio State announced this week that it would subject all new hires to criminal background checks, that certain workers fired during their initial probationary periods would have to cease work immediately, and that workers convicted of certain crimes must notify the university of them. In the March shooting, a custodial worker who had been told he would be dismissed in a week shot to death a supervisor, wounded another, and then killed himself. The gunman had a criminal record that did not show up in a background check, the Dispatch reported.