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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 policies can (and should) be role specific.

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Fair Chance Hiring and Criminal Background Checks

Sterling Check

Corporate America, and indeed companies around the globe, are increasingly evaluating their hiring practices and overall diversity and inclusion policies to ensure they are playing a positive role in addressing and eliminating systemic racism. What Exactly are Fair Chance Laws?

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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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Your Employees Are Comfortable with Social Media Screening

Crimcheck | Pre-Employment & Background Check Information

This means the candidates you’re currently screening likely have a social presence. This is important because, we have new research that suggest your employees are counting on you to use social intelligence to ensure their safety and preserve the company’s culture. What is Social Media Screening?

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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. Illinois “Employee Background Fairness Act” 2021 ( SB 1480 ).

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Five Critical Steps of Criminal Record Check Compliance

Sterling Check

There are many types of background screening checks from criminal record checks to education and employment verifications to social media screening. Each type of check has specific practical considerations and compliance matters that must be followed. Best Practices Criminal Record Check Compliance.

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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.