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Is a Background Check a Consumer Report? An FCRA Guide for Employers in 2026

If you order background checks through a screening company, you're using consumer reports, and federal duties attach before the order is even placed.

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SB 947: California No Robo Bosses Act Employer Guide
Compliance

SB 947: California No Robo Bosses Act Employer Guide

If an algorithm, score or flag plays any part in how you discipline or terminate California employees, you have until July 1, 2027 to get your process in order.

What Happens If a Background Check Can’t Verify Employment (and Why Verifications Fail)
Employment Verification

What Happens If a Background Check Can’t Verify Employment (and Why Verifications Fail)

Your background check provider just called a previous employer to verify a candidate. An automated voice asked for employment dates and job titles, and the employer hung up.

Pre-Employment Background Checks in 2026: What Employers Need to Know
Criminal Background Checks

Pre-Employment Background Checks in 2026: What Employers Need to Know

You are not only checking a resume when you order a background check.

Background Check Pending After a Job Offer: What It Means and What to Do
Criminal Background Checks

Background Check Pending After a Job Offer: What It Means and What to Do

You said yes to the offer, the employer said it was subject to a background check, and since then your inbox has gone quiet.

Failed Background Check After a Job Offer: An Employer's Guide for 2026
Criminal Background Checks

Failed Background Check After a Job Offer: An Employer's Guide for 2026

A candidate has accepted your conditional offer, the background check has come back with something on it…

2027 Employer Compliance Calendar: What Changes for Background Checks and AI Hiring on January 1
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2027 Employer Compliance Calendar: What Changes for Background Checks and AI Hiring on January 1

Three rules land on January 1, 2027, and each touches a part of hiring you already run:

ADA and Background Checks: Are you Compliant?
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ADA and Background Checks: Are you Compliant?

If you run screening end to end, your ADA compliance exposure is rarely the interview.

How to Choose the Best Background Check Company in Texas
Hiring

How to Choose the Best Background Check Company in Texas

We all know, one bad hire can cost you months of lost productivity, a negligent hiring claim, or damage to a reputation you spent years building.

Connecticut AI Law SB 5: What Employers Need to Know
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Connecticut AI Law SB 5: What Employers Need to Know

If you use automated tools anywhere in your hiring or screening process and you have candidates or employees in Connecticut, you now have two deadlines.

Illinois HB 3773 AI Hiring Law: 2026 Compliance Checklist for Employers

Illinois HB 3773 AI Hiring Law: 2026 Compliance Checklist for Employers

If you use any AI in hiring, promotion, or discipline decisions that touch Illinois workers, HB 3773 already applies to you.

What Does "Eligible" Mean on a Background Check?
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What Does "Eligible" Mean on a Background Check?

If you just saw "eligible" on your background check, you haven't been hired.

What Does "Record Judged" Mean on a Background Check?
Criminal Background Checks

What Does "Record Judged" Mean on a Background Check?

You saw the words, and now you're worried...

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