Background checks required for Disney World new hires

Walt Disney World has quietly started requiring background checks on all new hires, following the rape of a tourist and the publication of a book critical of the theme park's security practices.

The resort already ran checks on new employees who handled money, worked directly with children, were involved with security or disclosed they were convicted of a crime, spokesman Bill Warren said.It decided in August to expand the checks to all new hires, just like Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif.