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How Tech Companies Can Navigate “The Great Resignation”

Sterling Check

The current labor shortage puts candidates in the driver’s seat, but this is no time to cut corners when it comes to critical hiring practices like identity verification and comprehensive background screening. With the right background screening partner, you can fast-track screening and hire the right fit — quickly and with confidence.

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Fair Chance Hiring and Criminal Background Checks

Sterling Check

As companies begin to scrutinize their hiring processes to eliminate bias and increase equity, the question of criminal background checks is often part of the conversation. Understanding these laws can help organizations to continue to conduct criminal background screening and still achieve goals of increased diversity.

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HR Best Practices: The 3 Cs of Background Check Policies

Goodhire

Editor’s note: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected background checks and hiring, so we thought it was time to refresh a popular blog that ran in 2015 to help employers determine whether they need to update their employment screening policy. COMPANY-WIDE. That way, all candidates and employees are treated fairly and consistently.

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What You Need to Know About Marijuana

InfoMart

In 2012, Colorado and Washington became the first states to legalize recreational marijuana. Clearly outline your drug policies to candidates and workers; they need to understand that they shouldn’t smoke marijuana on their break or take an edible at lunch. Marijuana legalization is one of the most often discussed news topics today.

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3 Ways To Avoid Legal Traps In Candidate Screening

Peopletrail

How Can We Avoid Legal Traps in Candidate Screening ? Conducting a background check is perhaps the best way to make sure that you are hiring the right person for the right job. In 2012, Pepsi paid $3.13 Screening Law Violations. Hiring People Based on Inaccurate Background Check Results.

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The Recent Evolution of Ban the Box/Fair Chance Laws

Sterling Check

Background Checks. The policies are designed to address the possibility of discrimination by providing job applicants with a fair chance at employment regardless of their criminal history. Changes in the timing of when a background screening may occur. Emergence and Evolution of Ban the Box/Fair Chance.

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Federal Court Rules in Favor of Texas Against 2012 EEOC Guideline

Sterling Check

In a blow against the EEOC, a federal judge recently ruled in favor of the State of Texas against the EEOC 2012 Enforcement Guidance on the Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment Decisions Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. EEOC Guidelines Impact Background Checks.