Creating a Background Check Policy • 12/06/2025 Smooth Sailing with Remote Onboarding and Background Checks
Handling Sensitive Information • 12/06/2025 Safeguarding Personal Data in Employment Background Checks
Steps in the Background Check Process • 12/06/2025 Revamping the Background Check Process: A Guide for Employers
Clean Slate Laws in 14 States: Employer Obligations When Criminal Records Get Sealed Legal Considerations • 27/06/2026 Clean Slate Laws in 14 States: Employer Obligations When Criminal Records Get Sealed Learn how automatic clean slate laws, sealed criminal records, and state rules like New York State’s clean slate framework reshape employer background checks, adverse action notices, and multi-state compliance obligations.
CRA Vendor Performance Reviews: Turnaround Benchmarks, Accuracy Rates, and SLA Red Flags Choosing a Background Check Provider • 26/06/2026 CRA Vendor Performance Reviews: Turnaround Benchmarks, Accuracy Rates, and SLA Red Flags Learn how to run CRA vendor performance reviews that withstand regulatory scrutiny, with concrete benchmarks, security expectations, and practical oversight tactics for background check vendors.
Where Candidate Drop-Off Really Happens in Screening: Data-Driven Fixes for Each Funnel Stage Steps in the Background Check Process • 19/06/2026 Where Candidate Drop-Off Really Happens in Screening: Data-Driven Fixes for Each Funnel Stage Learn how to map and reduce screening process candidate drop off across your hiring funnel with benchmarks, mobile-first design, communication tactics and analytics-driven improvements.
Your Mid-Year Screening Compliance Audit: State Laws Taking Effect July 1 and What to Update Legal Considerations • 19/06/2026 Your Mid-Year Screening Compliance Audit: State Laws Taking Effect July 1 and What to Update Learn how July 2026 background check law changes in Washington, Virginia, and Philadelphia affect hiring, lookback periods, individualized assessments, and your semi-annual screening compliance audit.
Screening Your Extended Workforce: Legal Boundaries and Practical Frameworks for Contractors, Temps, and Gig Workers Legal Considerations • 20/06/2026 Screening Your Extended Workforce: Legal Boundaries and Practical Frameworks for Contractors, Temps, and Gig Workers Learn why contingent worker background check requirements now mirror full-time hiring risk, how joint employer liability works with staffing agencies and gig platforms, and how to implement tiered screening, contract clauses, and vendor audits for your extended workforce.
Drug Testing Panels in 2026: Fentanyl Additions, Cannabis Confusion, and Multi-State Compliance Creating a Background Check Policy • 13/06/2026 Drug Testing Panels in 2026: Fentanyl Additions, Cannabis Confusion, and Multi-State Compliance Learn how modern employer drug testing panels for 2026 are shifting toward fentanyl detection, navigating cannabis laws, and aligning with DOT and SAMHSA guidance while protecting workplace safety and candidate experience.
Drug Testing Panels in 2026: Fentanyl Addition, State Cannabis Carve-Outs, and Defensible Policy Design Creating a Background Check Policy • 12/06/2026 Drug Testing Panels in 2026: Fentanyl Addition, State Cannabis Carve-Outs, and Defensible Policy Design Practical guide for HR compliance leaders on drug testing panels in 2026: DOT fentanyl rules, state cannabis carve outs, tiered policies, test methods, and defensible documentation.
Colorado's AI Hiring Law Collapsed in Court: What the SB 26-189 Replacement Means for Screening Legal Considerations • 12/06/2026 Colorado's AI Hiring Law Collapsed in Court: What the SB 26-189 Replacement Means for Screening Colorado’s original AI hiring law collapsed in court. See how SB 26-189 reshapes Colorado AI Act screening compliance for automated background checks and HR tech.
Background Check Compliance in 2026: Building a Multi-State Audit Framework That Scales Ensuring Compliance • 05/06/2026 Background Check Compliance in 2026: Building a Multi-State Audit Framework That Scales Learn how multi-state employers can build an audit-ready background check compliance program with a jurisdiction matrix, quarterly audits, and defensible workflows that align with FCRA, ban-the-box, and fair chance hiring laws.
USCIS Enhanced Vetting Freezes Millions of Cases: Your Employer Sponsorship Playbook Ensuring Compliance • 01/06/2026 USCIS Enhanced Vetting Freezes Millions of Cases: Your Employer Sponsorship Playbook Learn how USCIS enhanced vetting and extended security checks affect employer sponsored hires, EAD renewals, onboarding timelines, and HR compliance workflows.
Cross-Border Background Checks Under GDPR: Designing a Defensible Workflow for Global Hires Legal Considerations • 27/05/2026 Cross-Border Background Checks Under GDPR: Designing a Defensible Workflow for Global Hires Learn how to design international background check workflows that comply with GDPR, manage cross-border data transfers, and balance hiring risk, privacy, and operational speed.
Running a CRA RFP That Avoids Buyer's Remorse: Questions, Benchmarks, and SLA Anchors Choosing a Background Check Provider • 26/05/2026 Running a CRA RFP That Avoids Buyer's Remorse: Questions, Benchmarks, and SLA Anchors Structured playbook for CRA vendor RFP background screening: questions, benchmarks, SLAs, compliance checks, and pricing terms that prevent buyer's remorse.
Heading to SHRM Annual: A Compliance Leader's Reading List Before the Conference Ensuring Compliance • 25/05/2026 Heading to SHRM Annual: A Compliance Leader's Reading List Before the Conference Learn how to get more value from SHRM Annual background screening sessions, from AI and continuous monitoring debates to vendor questions, accuracy standards, and post-conference action steps.
Choosing Employment Verification Services: Coverage, Accuracy, and Vendor Accountability Choosing a Background Check Provider • 22/05/2026 Choosing Employment Verification Services: Coverage, Accuracy, and Vendor Accountability Learn how to evaluate employment verification services as a frontline fraud control, from coverage and accuracy to SLAs, compliance, and cost-effective premium tiers.
EEOC Background Check Guidelines in Practice: Building Individualized Assessments That Hold Up Legal Considerations • 20/05/2026 EEOC Background Check Guidelines in Practice: Building Individualized Assessments That Hold Up Learn how EEOC background check guidelines and Title VII shape defensible hiring, individualized assessments, AI workflows, and audit-ready documentation for employers using criminal history in employment decisions.
Pre-Employment Screening Best Practices: A Defensible Workflow for High-Volume Recruiting Steps in the Background Check Process • 14/05/2026 Pre-Employment Screening Best Practices: A Defensible Workflow for High-Volume Recruiting Learn how to design defensible pre-employment screening best practices that stay fast at scale, with role-based matrices, SLAs, validated tests, and audit-ready workflows.
FCRA Compliance for Hiring Teams: The Workflow Audit That Cuts Litigation Risk Legal Considerations • 13/05/2026 FCRA Compliance for Hiring Teams: The Workflow Audit That Cuts Litigation Risk Learn how to build FCRA-compliant hiring workflows, from standalone disclosures and adverse action timing to quarterly audits, state ban-the-box rules, and AI-driven background screening tools.
Verified-First Talent Platforms: What Trustume's Launch Signals for Your CRA Vendor Roadmap Choosing a Background Check Provider • 11/05/2026 Verified-First Talent Platforms: What Trustume's Launch Signals for Your CRA Vendor Roadmap Explore how verified talent platforms enable verified-first hiring, reshape background checks, and integrate with ATS and HRIS systems while meeting FCRA and privacy requirements.
Washington State's July 1 Ban-the-Box Overhaul: A 60-Day Readiness Plan for Mid-Market Employers Legal Considerations • 07/05/2026 Washington State's July 1 Ban-the-Box Overhaul: A 60-Day Readiness Plan for Mid-Market Employers Learn how Washington State ban the box 2026 will change fair chance hiring, who is covered, and how HR teams can build audit-ready background check and individualized assessment workflows. by Guillaume-Henri Devereux
New York's April 18 Background Check Update: Your 7-Day Compliance Action Plan Legal Considerations • 07/05/2026 New York's April 18 Background Check Update: Your 7-Day Compliance Action Plan Learn how the New York background check law 2026 changes timing, criminal and credit history assessments, and HR compliance steps under Article 23-A, Executive Law §296(15), FCRA and NYC Fair Chance rules. by Adelaide von Amsberg
