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If you manage a background check program, the federal agency that polices hiring decisions just rewrote its playbook.

Every employer using AI in hiring just lost the ability to say, "that's the vendor's problem," and every vendor just lost the ability to say, "we only make the software." The rulings in Mobley v. Workday, most recently on June 22, 2026, have kept discrimination claims moving across race, sex, age…

FCRA litigation is climbing fast: WebRecon's federal litigation tracker counted FCRA filings up 37.4% in 2025 alone, and on the employment side the adverse action process is where employers get caught most often. Three structural factors keep fueling it: • No general cap on statutory damages.

Virginia's pay transparency and salary history law (HB 636 / SB 215) took effect on July 1, and it reaches further than most compliance updates. It touches your job postings, your applications, your interview scripts, your offer process, and one place almost nobody checks:

Fair chance hiring tightened in three places this year, and the deadlines are arriving now. Washington's amended Fair Chance Act takes effect July 1, 2026, Philadelphia's expanded rules are already live, and Los Angeles County now requires two individualized assessments in every case.

If you hire anyone who works in Philadelphia, including remote workers, contractors, and gig workers, your screening process may already be out of compliance. Here's what changed, and what you need to fix. Philadelphia's amended Fair Chance Hiring Law (Bill No.

If your crews work ExxonMobil sites, the background check process follows a specific grading system that determines site access. This guide explains how it works and what you need to stay compliant.

One flawed hiring workflow in Washington can now cost you a penalty for every applicant it touches. Ask 15 people about their criminal history before a conditional offer, and that is potentially 15 separate violations from one bad process.

New York's statewide ban on employer credit checks is here. Senate Bill S3072, signed by Governor Kathy Hochul on December 19, 2025, took effect April 18, 2026. Here's what the law requires, who's exempt, and what to do now. What does the law say?

If an AI platform gathers outside data, builds a candidate profile, and assigns a ranking that filters applicants out. Would that qualify as a consumer report? A proposed class action, Kistler v. Eightfold AI, filed on January 20, 2026, tests that exact question.

The 2025 U.S. government shutdown began October 1. That same day, the E-Verify system, and several of its related tools, went offline. Since then, employers across the country have asked a simple question: how do I stay compliant when E-Verify isn’t available?

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has reshaped how employers manage revoked Employment Authorization Documents (EADs).