Background Screening Trends That Will Impact Employers in 2022 From new restrictive legislation around PII and more states legalizing cannabis to screening vendors and suppliers and county system issues, here are the top 10 issues that will affect Human Resources…
Maryland is the Newest State to Ban the Box Maryland has joined a growing number of states and jurisdictions enacting a “ban-the-box” law prohibiting employers from asking job applicants about their criminal history on the initial job application. The new…
At the end of May, Colorado Governor, Jared Polis, signed HB19-1025 into law and making Colorado the 13th state to implement Ban-the-Box regulations. The legislation is surprisingly “light” on restrictions. It will be codified at CRS §8-2-130. Laws known as…
CEO Julie Hakman to speak on “Background Screening Best Practices” at the 2018 NAGRA Conference. AmericanChecked’s President and CEO Julie Hakman will be speaking at this year’s North American Gaming Regulators Association Conference in Austin, Texas. Attendees will…
Effective December 14, 2017, the state of Delaware has made it an unlawful employment practice for an employer or employer’s agent to: Screen applicants based on their compensation histories, including by requiring that an applicant’s prior compensation satisfy minimum…
The National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS) commissioned HR.com to conduct the national survey of 1,528 human resources professionals. The respondents collectively had operations in all 50 states. The survey gauged how companies approach background screening in order to…
New regulations passed by California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) are limiting the ways in which employers can use background screens. The regulations, which went into effect on July 1, 2017, prevent employers from considering certain types of…
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